Evaluation of the antioxidant effect of a new functional food enriched with sideritis euboea in healthy subjects

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1105-1110

  Skouroliakou, Maria ^a   Kastanidou, Olympia ^a   Stathopoulou, Maria ^a   Vourli, Georgia ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Flavonoids; Functional food; In vivo study

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN OXIDE; PLACEBO; RETINOL; SIDERITIS EUBOEA EXTRACT; SIDERITIS EXTRACT; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDERITIS; SIDERITIS EUBOEA;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRITES; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SIDERITIS; UBIQUINONE;

SIDERITIS;

EID: 70349229172     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.0172     Document Type: Article

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