Bioactive phytonutrients (omega fatty acids, tocopherols, polyphenols), in vitro inhibition of nitric oxide production and free radical scavenging activity of non-cultivated Mediterranean vegetables

Food Chemistry

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1413-1419

  Conforti, Filomena ^a   Marrelli, Mariangela ^a   Carmela, Colica ^b   Menichini, Federica ^a   Valentina, Perri ^a   Uzunov, Dimitar ^a   Statti, Giancarlo A ^a   Duez, Pierre ^c   Menichini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Food plants; Mediterranean; Nitric oxide; Wild

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; ANTIOXIDANT; CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS; FOOD PLANTS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY; IN-VITRO; INDOMETHACIN; MEDITERRANEAN; MENTHA SPICATA; ORIGANUM VULGARE; POLYPHENOLS; SCREENING ASSAYS; SOUTHERN ITALY; WILD;

CYTOTOXICITY; FREE RADICALS; LINOLEIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOLS; PIGMENTS; VEGETABLES;

NITRIC ACID;

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; FREE RADICAL; INDOMETACIN; LINOLEIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYPHENOL; TOCOPHEROL;

AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FOENICULUM VULGARE PIPERITUM; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; ITALY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA SPICATA GLABRA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORIGANUM VULGARE VIRIDULUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; RUBUS CAESIUS; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; VEGETABLE;

AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; FOENICULUM VULGARE; MENTHA SPICATA; ORIGANUM VULGARE; RUBUS CAESIUS;

EID: 80051787058     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.05.085     Document Type: Article

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