The Indian Blackberry (Jamun), Antioxidant Capacity, and Cancer Protection

Cancer: Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 101-113

  Aqil, Farrukh ^a   Munagala, Radha ^a   Jeyabalan, Jeyaprakash ^a   Joshi, Thwisha ^a   Gupta, Ramesh C ^a   Singh, Inder P ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Anthocyanidins; Anthocyanins; Anti cancer activity; Antioxidant activity; Antiproliferative activity; Ellagic acid; Ellagitannins; Jamun; Syzygium cumini

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902057904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-405205-5.00010-6     Document Type: Chapter

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