Antioxidant and pro-oxidant activities of carotenoids and their oxidation products

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 120, Issue , 2018, Pages 681-699

  Ribeiro, Daniela ^a   Freitas, Marisa ^a   Silva, Artur M S ^b   Carvalho, Félix ^a   Fernandes, Eduarda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Carotenes; Oxidation reactions; Pro oxidants; Reactive species; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CANTAXANTHIN; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CAROTENOID; FUCOXANTHIN; ISOZEAXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; PHYTOENE; PHYTOFLUENE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SYNECHOXANTHIN; TORULENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZETA CAROTENE; ANTIOXIDANT;

ABTS RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG METABOLISM; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 85051378743     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.07.060     Document Type: Review

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