Commonly used antioxidant botanicals: Active constituents and their potential role in cardiovascular illness

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 543-558

  Wang, Chong Zhi ^a   Mehendale, Sangeeta R ^a   Yuan, Chun Su ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

American ginseng; Camellia sinensis; Cardiovascular disease; Grape seeds; Green tea; Panax quinquefolius; Reactive oxygen species; Scutellaria baicalensis; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BAICALEIN; BAICALIN; CATECHIN; CISPLATIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT; WOGONIN;

ALLERGY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GINSENG; HEART PROTECTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS; PLANT SEED; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; VITIS;

EID: 34548169064     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X07005053     Document Type: Review

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