Comparative antihemolytic and radical scavenging activities of strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) leaf and fruit

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2285-2291

  Mendes, Lídia ^a   De Freitas, Victor ^b   Baptista, Paula ^c   Carvalho, Márcia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Arbutus unedo; Fruit; Human erythrocytes; Leaf; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZOBIS(2 AMIDINOPROPANE); ANTIOXIDANT; ARBUTUS UNEDO EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE; PEROXY RADICAL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARBUTUS UNEDO; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERICACEAE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FRUIT; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ERICACEAE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ARBUTUS UNEDO;

EID: 79960845689     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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