Flavonoids and cell membrane fluidity

Food Chemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-84

  Poklar Ulrih, Nataša ^a   Ota, Ajda ^a   Šentjurc, Marjeta ^b   Kure, Sandra ^b   Abram, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cell membrane fluidity; EPR; Flavonoids; Fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN 3 GALATE; EXTRUDED LIPOSOME; FLAVONOID; KAEMPFEROL; LIPOSOME; MULTILAMELLAR LIPOSOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID SOLUBILITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLARIZATION; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 75749143789     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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