Targeting excessive free radicals with peels and juices of citrus fruits: Grapefruit, lemon, lime and orange

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-106

  Guimarães, Rafaela ^a   Barros, Lillian ^a   Barreira, João C M ^a   Sousa, M João ^a   Carvalho, Ana Maria ^a   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Citrus fruits; Peroxidation inhibition; Scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPOSOME; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ALBEDO; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CITRUS FRUIT; GRAPEFRUIT JUICE; LEMON JUICE; LIME (FRUIT); LIPID PEROXIDATION; ORANGE JUICE;

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BEVERAGES; CARBOHYDRATES; CAROTENOIDS; CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIIFOLIA; CITRUS PARADISI; CITRUS SINENSIS; COLORIMETRY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; FRUIT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS X PARADISI; RUTACEAE;

EID: 72149126416     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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