Comparative antioxidant, antiproliferative and phase II enzyme inducing potential of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) varieties

LWT

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1041-1046

  Awika, Joseph M ^a   Yang, Liyi ^a   Browning, Jimmy D ^a   Faraj, Abdul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Chemoprevention; Esophageal cancer; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; DISEASES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAVONOIDS; TANNINS;

ANTI-PROLIFERATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITIES; CHEMOPREVENTION; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; PHASE II; PROPERTY; SORGHUM; SORGHUM EXTRACTS;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 62449093712     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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