Antioxidant effects of carotenoids in a model pigment-protein complex

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-64

  Fiedor, Joanna ^a   Sulikowska, Aleksandra ^a   Orzechowska, Aleksandra ^a   Fiedor, Leszek ^b   Burda, Květoslava ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carotenoid; Chemical oxidation; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860466440     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2012_2172     Document Type: Article

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