Antioxidant and anticancer properties of methanolic extracts from different parts of white, yellow, and red onion

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-112

  Jeong, Chang Ho ^a   Heo, Ho Jin ^a   Choi, Sung Gil ^a   Shim, Ki Hwan ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2; 2 diphenyl 1 picrylhydrazyl (DPPH); Human breast cancer cell; Human prostate cancer cell; Onion; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

2; 2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL (DPPH); HUMAN BREAST CANCER CELL; HUMAN PROSTATE CANCER CELL; ONION; QUERCETIN;

CELLS; DISEASES; FATTY ACIDS;

PHENOLS;

ALLIUM ATRORUBENS; ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 70350235623     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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