Antioxidant capacity of medicinal plants from the Province of Córdoba (Argentina) and their in vitro testing in a model food system

Food Chemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 664-670

  Borneo, R ^a,b   Leon A E ^a,b   Aguirre, A ^b   Ribotta, P ^a,b   Cantero, J J ^c  

^a CEPROCOR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Antioxidants; Argentina; BHT; CDH; Cordoba; DPPH; Fish oil; Food aditives; Food antioxidant; Food antioxidants; Food industry; FRAP; Health; Medicinal plants; Native plants; Phenols; Quercetin; Sierras; South America; TBARS

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA COMMUNIS EXTRACT; ADESMIA CORDOBENSIS EXTRACT; ARISTOLOCHIA ARGENTINA EXTRACT; ASTRAGALUS DISTIMENS EXTRACT; BACCHARIS SESSILIFORA EXTRACT; BACCHARIS STENOPHYLLA EXTRACT; BIDENS ANDICOLA EXTRACT; BUDDLEJA MENDOZENSIS EXTRACT; CAPPARIS ATAMISGUERA EXTRACT; CAPPARIS EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM MANDONII EXTRACT; CRYSANTEMLUN TUBERCULUM EXTRACT; DALEA ELEGANS EXTRACT; DOLICHANDRA CYANANCHOIDES EXTRACT; EUPATORIUM BUNIIFOLIUM EXTRACT; FLAVERIA HAUMANII EXTRACT; GAILLARDIA MEGAPOTAMICA EXTRACT; GRINDELIA PULCHELLA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HETEROTHALAMUS ALIENUS EXTRACT; LIMNOBIUM LAEVIGATUM EXTRACT; MANDEVILLA PENTLANDIANA EXTRACT; MICROLIABUM CANDIDUM EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PTEROCAULON CORDOBENSE EXTRACT; SEBASTIANA COMMERSONIANNA EXTRACT; THELESPERMA MEGAPOTAMICUM EXTRACT; THYMOPHYLLA PENTACHAETA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZEXMENIA BUPTHALMIFLORA EXTRACT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CAPPARIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGARIA CUNEIFOLIA; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ASTERACEAE; CAPPARIS; LIGARIA CUNEIFOLIA;

EID: 49449086346     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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