The antioxidant activity of cocoa

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 298-300

  Hasan, Kiliçgün ^a   Dehen, Altiner ^b  

^a University of Erzincan   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ALT; AST; Cocoa; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Protein oxidation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; OLIVE OIL; THEOBROMA CACAO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RAT;

EID: 74049106587     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.58148     Document Type: Article

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