Reassessment of antioxidant activity of arbutin: Multifaceted evaluation using five antioxidant assay systems

Free Radical Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-478

  Takebayashi, Jun ^a   Ishii, Rie ^b   Chen, Jianbin ^a   Matsumoto, Teruki ^a   Ishimi, Yoshiko ^a   Tai, Akihiro ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arbutin; Cell based antioxidant assay; Hydroquinone; In vitro antioxidant assay; Radical scavenging activity; Structureactivity relationship

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ARBUTIN; HYDROQUINONE; PEROXY RADICAL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARBUTIN; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FIBROBLASTS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PICRATES; SHEEP; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SULFONIC ACIDS; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949409867     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715761003610760     Document Type: Article

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