Development and validation of a combined methodology for assessing the total quality control of herbal medicinal products--application to oleuropein preparations.

Oleuropein (OE) is a secoiridoid glycoside, which occurs mostly in the Oleaceae family presenting several pharmacological properties, including antioxidant, cardio-protective, anti-atherogenic effects etc. Based on these findings OE is commercially available, as Herbal Medicinal Product (HMP), claim...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos Lemonakis, Evagelos Gikas, Maria Halabalaki, Alexios-Leandros Skaltsounis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3804515?pdf=render