Comparison of the endemic Azorean Hypericum foliosum with other Hypericum species: Antioxidant activity and phenolic profile

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-135

  Rainha, Nuno ^a   Lima, Elisabete ^a   Baptista, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

carotene linoleic acid assay; DPPH radical scavenging; Hypericum foliosum Aiton; phenolic compounds; RP HPLC UV; total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

5 CAFFEOYLQUINIC ACID; AMENTOFLAVONE; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; FLAVONOID; HYPERFORIN; HYPERICIN; HYPERICUM ANDROSAEMUM EXTRACT; HYPERICUM FOLIOSUM EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; HYPERICUM UNDULATUM EXTRACT; HYPERIN; ISOQUERCITRIN; KAEMPFEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PSEUDOHYPERICIN; QUERCETIN; QUERCITRIN; RUTOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM ANDROSAEMUM; HYPERICUM FOLIOSUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERICUM UNDULATUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; TEA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HYPERICUM; PHENOLS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM ANDROSAEMUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM;

EID: 78951470426     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.512560     Document Type: Article

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