Fruit extracts of Basella rubra that are rich in bioactives and betalains exhibit antioxidant activity and cytotoxicity against human cervical carcinoma cells

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 509-515

  Kumar, Sandopu Sravan ^a   Manoj, Prabhakaran ^a   Giridhar, Parvatam ^a   Shrivastava, Richa ^b   Bharadwaj, Mausumi ^b  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antioxidant; B. rubra L.; Betalains; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

BASELLA ALBA;

EID: 84929246752     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2015.03.052     Document Type: Article

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