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Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Volume 2016, Article ID 8915729, 12 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8915729
Research Article

Bioactive Flavonoids, Antioxidant Behaviour, and Cytoprotective Effects of Dried Grapefruit Peels (Citrus paradisi Macf.)

Lucia Castro-Vazquez,1 María Elena Alañón,2 Virginia Rodríguez-Robledo,1 María Soledad Pérez-Coello,1,2 Isidro Hermosín-Gutierrez,2 María Consuelo Díaz-Maroto,1,2 Joaquín Jordán,3 María Francisca Galindo,1 and María del Mar Arroyo-Jiménez1

1Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology Area, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain
2Food Technology Area, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Ciudad Real, Spain
3Medical Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain

Received 11 October 2015; Revised 30 November 2015; Accepted 1 December 2015

Academic Editor: Denis Delic

Copyright © 2016 Lucia Castro-Vazquez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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