Scavenging capacity of strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) leaves on free radicals

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1507-1511

  Oliveira, Ivo ^a   Coelho, Valentim ^a   Baltasar, Raquel ^a   Pereira, José Alberto ^a   Baptista, Paula ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Arbutus unedo L. leaves; Extraction method; Superoxide scavenging; Total phenols

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; ARBUTUS UNEDO EXTRACT; ETHER; FERRICYANIDE; FREE RADICAL; GALLIC ACID; IRON; METHANOL; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARBUTUS UNEDO; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERICACEAE; PLANT LEAF; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRAWBERRY;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; ERICACEAE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOLVENTS; SUPEROXIDES;

ARBUTUS UNEDO;

EID: 67349135248     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.03.042     Document Type: Article

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