Is the yin-yang nature of Chinese herbal medicine equivalent to antioxidation-oxidation?

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-366

  Szeto, Yim Tong ^a,b   Benzie, Iris F F ^b  

^a MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Comet assay; DNA; Herb; Oxidative stress; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIGUSTICUM SINENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGUSTICUM SINENSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; OXIDATION; RHIZOME;

ANTIOXIDANTS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; YIN-YANG;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; LIGUSTICUM;

EID: 33751185120     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.05.033     Document Type: Article

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