Effects of oral dosage form and storage period on the antioxidant properties of four species used in traditional herbal medicine

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-492

  Guimarães, Rafaela ^a   Barreira, João C M ^a   Barros, Lillian ^a   Carvalho, Ana Maria ^a   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

antioxidant activity; herbal infusions and decoctions; linear discriminant analysis; storage period

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; FENNEL EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEMON VERBENA EXTRACT; MENTHA PULEGIUM EXTRACT; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; REDUCING SUGAR; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STORAGE; FENNEL; LEMON VERBENA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MENTHA SPICATA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOSAGE FORMS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALOYSIA; CITRUS LIMON; FOENICULUM VULGARE; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MENTHA SPICATA; VERBENA;

EID: 79953192183     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3284     Document Type: Article

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