Importance of extract standardization and in vitro/ex vivo assay selection for the evaluation of antioxidant activity of Botanicals: A case study on three rosmarinus officinalis L. extracts

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1167-1175

  Ibarra, Alvin ^a   Cases, Julien ^b   Bily, Antoine ^a   He, Kan ^a   Bai, Naisheng ^a   Roller, Marc ^b   Coussaert, Aurélie ^c   Ripoll, Christophe ^c  

^a Naturex Inc   (United States)

^b Naturex SA   (France)

^c Naturalpha SAS   (France)

Author keywords

antioxidant capacity; carnosic acid; ferric reducing antioxidant power; low density lipoprotein oxidation; oxygen radical absorbance capacity; rosemary; rosmarinic acid

Indexed keywords

CARNOSIC ACID; FERRIC ION; FREE RADICAL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ROSMARINIC ACID; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; URSOLIC ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EVALUATION; EX VIVO STUDY; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSEMARY; STANDARDIZATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CINNAMATES; COPPER SULFATE; DEPSIDES; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ROSMARINUS; TRITERPENES;

ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 77956578869     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0259     Document Type: Article

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