Antioxidant capacity and polyphenolic content of twelve traditionally used herbal medicinal infusions from the South American Andes

Boletin Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromaticas

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 498-508

  Rojo, Leonel E ^a   Benites, Julio ^a   López, José ^a   Rojas, Mauricio ^a   Díaz, Pilar ^a   Ordóñez, José ^b   Pastene, Edgar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Crocin assay; Free radical scavengers; Herbal infusion; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACANTHOLIPPIA DESERTICOLA EXTRACT; ADESMIA MELANTHES EXTRACT; AMIDINE; ANTIOXIDANT; AZORELLA COMPACTA EXTRACT; BACCARIS TOLA EXTRACT; CHUQUIRAGA ATACAMENSIS EXTRACT; CROCIN; FABIANA DENSA EXTRACT; FABIANA SQUAMATA EXTRACT; LAMPAYA MEDICINALIS EXTRACT; OPUNTIA IGNESCENS EXTRACT; PARASTREPHIA LEPIDOPHYLA EXTRACT; PARASTREPHIA LUCIDA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; SENECIO NUTANS EXTRACT; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOLIPPIA DESERTICOLA; ADESMIA MELANTHES; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AZORELLA COMPACTA; BACCARIS TOLA; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHUQUIRAGA ATACAMENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FABIANA DENSA; FABIANA SQUAMATA; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HEMOLYSIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAMPAYA MEDICINALIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; OPUNTIA IGNESCENS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASTREPHIA LEPIDOPHYLA; PARASTREPHIA LUCIDA; SENECIO NUTANS; SOUTH AMERICA;

AZORELLA COMPACTA; BACCHARIS; GOSSWEILERODENDRON BALSAMIFERUM; SENECIO;

EID: 76649099233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07177917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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