Bioactivities of kernel extracts of 18 strains of maize (Zea mays)

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Chen Hsien ^a,b   Garcia, Hugo S ^c   Parkin, Kirk L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE VERACRUZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Diabetes; Maize; Nitric oxide; Scavenging; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ANTHOCYANIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; INTESTINE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PLANT SEED; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; INTESTINES; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOLS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPEROXIDES; ZEA MAYS;

RATTUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77958615870     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01784.x     Document Type: Article

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