Total polyphenols and bioactivity of seeds and sprouts in several legumes

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 19, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 6112-6124

  Chon, Sang Uk ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme activity; DPPH free radical scavenging activity; Legumes; Seeds; Sprouts; Total flavonoids; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; LIGNAN; LIGNIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PEROXIDASE; PHENYLALANINE; PHYTOALEXIN; POLYPHENOL; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTRINGENCY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BITTER TASTE; COLOR; COWPEA; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAVOR; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GERMINATION; GROWTH; HUMAN; LEGUME; MUNG BEAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ODOR; PIGMENTATION; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEEDLING; SOYBEAN; SPROUT; SPROUTING;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; FABACEAE; HUMANS; POLYPHENOLS; SEEDLING; SEEDS;

EID: 84887979512     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612811319340005     Document Type: Article

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