Frozen fruit pulp of euterpe oleraceae mart. (Acai) prevents hydrogen peroxide-induced damage in the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and hippocampus of rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1084-1088

  Spada, Patricia D S ^a   Dani, Caroline ^a,b   Bortolini, Giovana V ^a   Funchal, Claudia ^b   Henriques, João A P ^a,c   Salvador, Mirian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO METODISTA IPA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acai; Brain tissues; Catalase; Euterpe oleraceae; Oxidative stress; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; CATECHIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID; POLYPHENOL; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CALORIE; CEREBELLUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUTERPE OLERACEAE; FRUIT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACRONUTRIENT; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARECACEAE; BRAIN; CATALASE; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EUTERPE; RATTUS;

EID: 70350492534     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.0236     Document Type: Article

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