Protection against peroxynitrite by cocoa polyphenol oligomers
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- 22 November 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 462 (1-2), 167-170
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01498-2
Abstract
Flavonoids, natural plant constituents, protect against peroxynitrite and can thereby play a role in defense against this mediator of inflammation. Procyanidin oligomers of different size (monomer th...Keywords
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