Potential health enhancing properties of edible flowers from Thailand

Food Research International

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 563-571

  Kaisoon, Onanong ^a   Konczak, Izabela ^b   Siriamornpun, Sirithon ^a  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Anti proliferation; Edible flowers; Lipase; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANTI-PROLIFERATION; ANTI-PROLIFERATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; BLADDER CANCER CELLS; COLORECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA; DRY WEIGHT; EDIBLE FLOWERS; ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS; ETHNIC POPULATIONS; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER; FRAP ASSAY; GLUCOSIDASE; HUMAN CANCER CELLS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; NORTHERN THAILAND; OXYGEN FREE RADICALS; OXYGEN RADICAL ABSORBANCE CAPACITIES; PHENOLIC ACIDS; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; REDUCING CAPACITY; TAGETES ERECTA; THAILAND;

CELLS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPASES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXYGEN; PHENOLS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS; BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA; COSMOS SULPHUREUS; TAGETES ERECTA;

EID: 84858007659     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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