Antioxidant activity of a botanical extract preparation of Ilex paraguariensis: Prevention of DNA double-strand breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human lowdensity lipoprotein oxidation

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-387

  Bracesco, Nelson ^a   Dell, Mercedes ^a   Rocha, Alberto ^a   Behtash, Solmaz ^b   Menini, Teresita ^b   Gugliucci, Alejandro ^b   Nunes, Elia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Touro University California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; DIPLOIDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; LIPID OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

EID: 0037674852     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107555303765551606     Document Type: Article

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