Leaves, flowers, immature fruits and leafy flowered stems of Malva sylvestris: A comparative study of the nutraceutical potential and composition

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1466-1472

  Barros, Lillian ^a   Carvalho, Ana Maria ^a   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flowers and stems; Fruits; Leaves; Malva sylvestris; Nutraceuticals; Portuguese ethnobotany

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; BETA TOCOPHEROL; CAROTENOID; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; FLAVONOID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LIPOSOME; MALVA SYLVESTRIS EXTRACT; MINERAL; NUTRACEUTICAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RADICAL; TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; FLOWER; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALVA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLOWERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS;

MALVA SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77952880216     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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