Antioxidant activity of β-carotene compounds in different in vitro assays

Molecules

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1055-1069

  Mueller, Lars ^a   Boehm, Volker ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

apo carotenoids; carotene isomers; ABTS bleaching; Ferric reducing; Peroxyl radical scavenging

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; DIET; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VITAMINS;

EID: 79952148035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules16021055     Document Type: Article

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