Antioxidant activity of Chinese mei (Prunus mume) and its active phytochemicals

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1156-1160

  Xia, Daozong ^a,b   Shi, Jiayi ^a   Gong, Jinyan ^a   Wu, Xiaoqin ^a   Yang, Qing ^b   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Chlorogenic acid isomers; Free radicals scavenging; Fruits; Prunus mume

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIOXIDANT; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CRYPTOCHLOROGENIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; NEOCHLOROGENIC ACID; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PRUNUS MUME EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FRUIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRUNUS MUME; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROSACEAE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PRUNUS MUME;

EID: 77954842321     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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