Antioxidant and 'natural protective' properties of kiwifruit

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1811-1820

  Hunter, Denise C ^a   Greenwood, Jeffrey ^a   Zhang, Jingli ^a   Skinner, Margot A ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actinidia; Antioxidant; Cytoprotection; Immune; Kiwifruit; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; FOLIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HAYWARD EXTRACT; HORT16A EXTRACT; HORT22D EXTRACT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 5; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CONSTIPATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOR; FOOD COLOR; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT JUICE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; KIWIFRUIT; LACTOBACILLUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

ACTINIDIA; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CAROTENOIDS; CELL LINE; CYTOPROTECTION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINES; MICE; NEW ZEALAND; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 79960022938     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: 18734294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802611796235134     Document Type: Review

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