Antioxidant activity of oak (Quercus) leaves infusions against free radicals and their cardioprotective potential

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 537-545

  Rivas Arreola, M J ^a   Rocha Guzman N E ^a   Gallegos Infante, J A ^a   Gonzalez Laredo R F ^a   Rosales Castro, M ^b   Bacon, J R ^c   Cao, Rong ^d   Proulx, A ^d   Intriago Ortega, P ^c  

^a Instituto Tecnologico de   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^d Guelph Food Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Antioxidant; Infusion; Polyphenol; Quercus

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS EDUARDII; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 77954430938     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.537.545     Document Type: Article

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