Pro- and antioxidant activity of three selected flavan type flavonoids: Catechin, eriodictyol and taxifolin

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Chobot, Vladimir ^a   Hadacek, Franz ^b   Bachmann, Gert ^a   Weckwerth, Wolfram ^a   Kubicova, Lenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deoxyribose degradation assay; Differential pulse voltammetry; Fenton reaction; Flavonoids; Redox chemistry

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; ERIODICTYOL; FLAVONOID; TAXIFOLIN; ANTIOXIDANT; EDETIC ACID; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CATECHIN; EDETIC ACID; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; QUERCETIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 85000659013     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17121986     Document Type: Article

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