Oxygen radical absorbance capacity of phycocyanin and phycocyanobilin from the food supplement aphanizomenon flos-aquae

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 223-227

  Benedetti, Serena ^a   Benvenuti, Francesca ^a   Scoglio, Stefano ^b   Canestrari, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b Nutritherapic Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aphanizomenon flos aquae; Oxygen radical absorbance capacity; Peroxyl radicals; Phycocyanin; Phycocyanobilin

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; OXYGEN; PEROXY RADICAL; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANOBILIN; PIGMENT; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN RADICAL ABSORBANCE CAPACITY ASSAY; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; APHANIZOMENON; ASCORBIC ACID; CHROMANS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLUTATHIONE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDES; PHYCOBILINS; PHYCOCYANIN; PLANT PREPARATIONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE;

EID: 76649098853     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.0257     Document Type: Article

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