Identification of phenolic compounds and appraisal of antioxidant and antityrosinase activities from litchi (Litchi sinensis Sonn.) seeds

Food Chemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Nagendra Prasad, K ^a   Yang, Bao ^a   Yang, Shaoyu ^a   Chen, Yulong ^a   Zhao, Mouming ^b   Ashraf, Muhammad ^c   Jiang, Yueming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Antityrosinase activity; Litchi sinensis seeds; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTYLCRESOL; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; GALLIC ACID; GALLOCATECHIN; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROCYANIDIN; WATER;

ANTENNA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DIODE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYCHEE; NONHUMAN; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEED;

EID: 64449084992     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.01.079     Document Type: Article

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