Petals of Crocus sativus L. as a potential source of the antioxidants crocin and kaempferol

Fitoterapia

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-134

  Zeka, Keti ^a   Ruparelia, Ketan C ^b   Continenza, Maria A ^a   Stagos, Dimitrios ^c   Vegliò, Francesco ^a   Arroo, Randolph R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Crocin; Crocus sativus L; Kaempferol; Petals; Waste

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; CROCIN; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ABTS RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CROCUS SATIVUS; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED RADIATION; PETAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; CROCUS; FLOWER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CROCUS; FLOWERS; ITALY; KAEMPFEROLS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84948585906     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: 18736971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2015.05.014     Document Type: Article

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