Antioxidant activity relates to plant part, life form and growing condition in some diabetes remedies

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 461-469

  McCune, Letitia M ^a   Johns, Timothy ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bark; Diabetes; Habitat; Medicinal plant

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ARALIA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; ASARUM CANADENSIS EXTRACT; CEDAR LEAF OIL; CELASTRUS SCANDENS EXTRACT; DIRCA PALUSTRIS EXTRACT; FREE RADICAL; NUPHAR VARIGATUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POPULUS TREMULOIDES EXTRACT; RHUS HIRTA EXTRACT; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ABIES BALSAMEA; ACHILLEA; ACORUS CALAMUS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARALIA NUDICAULIS; ARALIA RACEMOSA; ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM; ARTICLE; ASARUM CANADENSE; BARK; BLACK SPRUCE; CELASTRUS SCANDENS; CORNUS STOLONIFERA; CORYLUS CORNUTA; DANDELION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIRCA PALUSTRIS; GAULTHERIA ROCUMBENS; HERACLEUM LANATUM; HERB; IC 50; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LEDUM GROENLANDICUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUPHAR VARIEGATUM; PARAMETER; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA; RHUS HIRTA; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM; SHRUB; SMILACINA RACEMOSA; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS; SORBUS AMERICANA; TAXUS CANADENSIS; TREE; TSUGA CANADENSIS; VERBASCUM THAPSUS; WHITE SPRUCE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CANADA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; PICRATES; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 34347353326     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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