Medicinal plants and antioxidants: What do we learn from cell culture and Caenorhabditis elegans studies?

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Tang, Soon Yew ^a   Halliwell, Barry ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell culture; Oxidative stress; Polyphenols; Traditional medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COSMO CAUDATUS EXTRACT; CRATOXYLUM COCHINCHINENSE EXTRACT; NOTOPTERYGIUM FORBESII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APIALES; ASTERACEAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CULTURE; COSMO CAUDATUS; CRATOXYLUM COCHINCHINENSE; DRUG MECHANISM; GUTTIFERAE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NOTOPTERYGIUM FORBESII; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77950099272     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.02.137     Document Type: Short Survey

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