Exploration of pro-oxidant and antioxidant activities of the flavonoid myricetin

Redox Report

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 242-247

  Chobot, Vladimir ^a   Hadacek, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; Free radical scavengers; Hydroxyl radical; Iron chelating agents; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; DEOXYRIBOSE; EDETIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MYRICETIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; DEOXYRIBOSE DEGRADATION ASSAY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLORIDES; DEOXYRIBOSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDETIC ACID; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FLAVONOIDS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 83455164018     PISSN: 13510002     EISSN: 17432928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1351000211Y.0000000015     Document Type: Article

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