Nutraceutical properties and toxicity studies of fruits from four Cactaceae species grown in Argentine Northwestern

Food Research International

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2345-2351

  Zampini, Iris C ^a,b   Ordoñez, Roxana ^a,b   Giannini, Norberto P ^a,b   Blendinger, Pedro G ^a,b   Isla, María Inés ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentine Cactaceae fruits; Betalains; Nutraceutical activities; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

AMES TEST; ANTIMUTAGENIC; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; ARGENTINE CACTACEAE FRUITS; BETALAINS; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL FOODS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MODEL SYSTEM; MUTAGENICITY; NATURAL PRODUCTS; NUTRACEUTICALS; PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; RADICAL SCAVENGING; SCAVENGE RADICALS;

AGENTS; DISEASES; FREE RADICALS; NANOCAPSULES; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TOXICITY;

FRUITS;

CACTACEAE; LEPISMIUM; PFEIFFERA; PFEIFFERA IANTHOTHELE; RHIPSALIS; RHIPSALIS FLOCCOSA;

EID: 79959980703     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2011.03.035     Document Type: Article

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