Extract of cactus (Opuntia ficus indica) cladodes scavenges reactive oxygen species in vitro and enhances plasma antioxidant capacity in humans

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-24

  Avila Nava, Azalia ^a,b   Calderón Oliver, Mariel ^a   Medina Campos, Omar N ^a   Zou, Tao ^c   Gu, Liwei ^c   Torres, Nimbe ^b   Tovar, Armando R ^b   Pedraza Chaverri, José ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Nopal; ORAC assay; Polyphenols; Reactive species

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 84920035325     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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