Antioxidant activities of licorice-derived prenylflavonoids
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Antioxidant activities of licorice-derived prenylflavonoids
Glycyrrhiza uralensis (or licorice) is a widely used Oriental herbal medicine from which the phenylflavonoids dehydroglyasperin C (DGC), dehydroglyasperin D (DGD), and isoangustone A (IsoA) are derived. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant properties of DGC, DGD, and IsoA. The three compounds showed strong ferric reducing activities and effectively scavenged DPPH, AB...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition Research and Practice
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1976-1457,2005-6168
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2012.6.6.491