Composition of Flavonoids and Phenolic Acids in Lychee (Litchi ChinensisSonn.) Flower Extracts and Their Antioxidant Capacities Estimated with Human LDL, Erythrocyte, and Blood Models

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Y C ^a   Lin, J T ^a   Liu, S C ^b   Lu, P S ^b   Yang, D J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Flavonoid; Litchi chinensisSonn.; Lychee flower; Phenolic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PERHYDROXYL RADICAL; PEROXIDE; PHENOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOWER; FRUIT; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYCHEE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TAIWAN;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ERYTHROCYTES; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LITCHI; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; TAIWAN;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 79957900894     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2011.02164.x     Document Type: Article

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