학술논문
The neuroprotective properties of a novel variety of passion fruit
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Journal of Functional Foods, Vol 23, Iss , Pp 359-369 (2016)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1756-4646
Abstract
Passion fruit is a commercially important crop. The neuroprotective activity of fruit extracts from two hybrid lines of antioxidant ester thiol-rich Passiflora edulis Sims, the commercial “Passion Dream” and novel cultivar 428 (“Dena”) line were studied. Crude extracts from line 428 displayed the strongest dose-dependent neuroprotective activity, preventing glutamate induced cell-death, mitochondrial depolarization and glutathione depletion, when added to the medium of cultured HT4 neurons (p