Antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of carob tree fruit pulps are strongly influenced by gender and cultivar

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 7005-7012

  Custodio L ^a   Fernandes, E ^a   Escapa, A L ^a   Fajardo, A ^b   Aligue R ^b   Albericio F ^b,c   Neng, N R ^d   Nogueira, J M F ^d   Romano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

apoptosis; cell cycle; cytotoxicity; HeLa cells; polyphenol; ROS

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CAROB TREES; CELL CYCLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL CONTENT; CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITIES; FRUIT PULPS; GALLIC ACIDS; HELA CELL; HERMAPHRODITE TREES; HUMAN CANCER CELLS; LIPID OXIDATION; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLICS; POLYPHENOLS; RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY; ROS; TIME-DEPENDENT; TOTAL CONTENT;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUITS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CYTOTOXICITY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; GALLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; HUMAN; LEGUME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATECHIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; FABACEAE; FRUIT; GALLIC ACID; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CERATONIA SILIQUA; FABACEAE;

EID: 79960038855     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf200838f     Document Type: Article

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