Antioxidant activity and cytotoxicity of eight plants used in traditional Arab medicine in Israel

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Ljubuncic, Predrag ^a   Azaizeh, Hassan ^b   Portnaya, Irina ^a   Cogan, Uri ^a   Said, Omar ^b   Saleh, Khalid Abu ^b   Bomzon, Arieh ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Galilee Society   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidant potential; Arab traditional medicine; Cytotoxicity; Diabetes; Liver disease; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ASPHODELUS MICROCARPUS EXTRACT; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM EXTRACT; ERYNGIUM CRETICUM EXTRACT; IRON; MERCURIALIS ANNUA EXTRACT; PISTACIA LENTISCUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHAMNUS ALATERNUS EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA PILULIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPHODELUS MICROCARPUS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM; ERYNGIUM CRETICUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MERCURIALIS ANNUA; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; RAT; RHAMNUS ALATERNUS; TEUCRIUM POLIUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URTICA PILULIFERA;

PISTACIA LENTISCUS; TEUCRIUM; TEUCRIUM POLIUM;

EID: 17644389181     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.01.060     Document Type: Article

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