Antioxidant Capacity of Macaronesian Traditional Medicinal Plants

Antioxidant Capacity of Macaronesian Traditional Medicinal Plants

The use of many traditional medicinal plants is often hampered by the absence of a proper biochemical characterization, essential to identify the bioactive compounds present. The leaves from five species endemic to the Macaronesian islands with recognized ethnobotanical applications were analysed: A...

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Main Authors: Lucélia Tavares, Dina Carrilho, Meenu Tyagi, David Barata, Ana Teresa Serra, Catarina Maria Martins Duarte, Rui Oliveira Duarte, Rodrigo Pedro Feliciano, Maria Rosário Bronze, Paula Chicau, Maria Dalila Espírito-Santo, Ricardo Boavida Ferreira, Cláudia Nunes dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-04-01
Series:Molecules
Subjects:
antioxidant
L-ascorbic acid
selenomethionine
flavonoid
Macaronesia plants
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/15/4/2576/

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