Antioxidant evaluation of polyhydroxylated nerolidols from redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) leaves

LWT

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1665-1671

  Pacifico, Severina ^a   D'Abrosca, Brigida ^a   Golino, Annunziata ^a   Mastellone, Claudio ^a   Piccolella, Simona ^a   Fiorentino, Antonio ^a   Monaco, Pietro ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amaranthus retroflexus L.; Antioxidant activity; Nerolidol; Radical scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICALS; LIPIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TERPENES;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS L; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT EVALUATIONS; FOOD SOURCES; METHANOLIC EXTRACTS; NEROLIDOL; POLYHYDROXYLATED; RADICAL-SCAVENGING ACTIVITIES; REDROOT PIGWEED;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS;

EID: 47649110320     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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