Antioxidant activity of Iranian Echium amoenum Fisch & C.A. Mey flower decoction in humans: A cross-sectional before/after clinical trial

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-473

  Ranjbar, Akram ^a   Khorami, Sara ^a   Safarabadi, Mehdi ^a   Shahmoradi, Amene ^a   Malekirad, Ali Akbar ^a   Vakilian, Katyon ^a   Mandegary, Ali ^b,c   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^c  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Decoction; Echium amoenum Fisch C.A. Mey; Human; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ECHIUM AMOENUM EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSMARINIC ACID; THIOL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ECHIUM AMOENUM; FEMALE; FLOWER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33845425982     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel031     Document Type: Article

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