Antioxidant properties of red yeast rice (Monascus purpureus) extracts

Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-442

  Kwon, Chong Suk ^a  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes gene expression; Monascus purpureus; Oxidative DNA damage; Red yeast rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922687340     PISSN: 12263311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3746/jkfn.2012.41.4.437     Document Type: Article

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