Antioxidant capacity and vasodilatory properties of Mediterranean food: The case of Cannonau wine, myrtle berries liqueur and strawberry-tree honey

Food Chemistry

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 686-691

  Tuberoso, Carlo Ignazio Giovanni ^a   Boban, Mladen ^b   Bifulco, Ersilia ^c   Budimir, Danijela ^b   Pirisi, Filippo Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cannonau wine; Direct vasodilatory effects; Myrtle liqueur; Phenolic compounds; Strawberry tree honey

Indexed keywords

ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS; DIRECT VASODILATORY EFFECTS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MYRTLE LIQUEUR; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; STRAWBERRY-TREE HONEY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD PRODUCTS; FORESTRY;

FRUITS;

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); NORADRENALIN; PHENOL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASSAY; BERRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIODE ARRAY DETECTION; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER ASSAY; FOLIN CIOCALTEAU METHOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD QUALITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NONHUMAN; RAT; RED WINE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRAWBERRY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AORTA, THORACIC; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; HONEY; MALE; MYRTUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; WINE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD; FORESTRY; FRUITS; LIQUIDS; PHENOLS;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; RATTUS;

EID: 84878014299     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.09.071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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