Garlic: Source of the ultimate antioxidants - Sulfenic acids

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-160

  Vaidya, Vipraja ^a   Ingold, Keith U ^b   Pratt, Derek A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allicin; Antioxidants; Garlic; Lipid peroxidation; Peroxyl radicals; Proton coupled electron transfer

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; METABOLITES; OXIDATION; PROTON TRANSFER; PROTONS; SULFUR;

ALLICIN; ANTIOXIDANTS; GARLIC; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PEROXYL RADICALS;

FREE RADICAL REACTIONS;

ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SULFENIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GARLIC; TEMPERATURE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; GARLIC; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SULFENIC ACIDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 58249101189     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804560     Document Type: Article

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