Varietal differences in phenolic content and antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of onions

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 6787-6793

  Yang, Jun ^a   Meyers, Katherine J ^a   Van Der Heide, Jan ^b   Rui, Hai Liu ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Mathematics Specialist Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Antiproliferative activity; Cancer; Coronary heart disease (CHD); Flavonoids; Onion; Phenolics; Varietal differences

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONION; SHALLOT;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL DIVISION; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; ONIONS; PHENOLS; SHALLOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM ASCALONICUM; ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 7444254075     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0307144     Document Type: Article

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