Topical anti-inflammatory plant species: Bioactivity of Bryonia dioica, Tamus communis and Lonicera periclymenum fruits

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1447-1454

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

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidant properties; Bioactive compounds; Medicinal fruits; Portuguese ethnobotany; Topical anti inflammatory

Indexed keywords

ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; ETHNOBOTANY; MEDICINAL FRUITS;

BIOACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; KETONES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRUITS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHNOBOTANY; FRUIT; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SKIN; VINE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

BRYONIA; BRYONIA ALBA; BRYONIA DIOICA; DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA COMMUNIS; LONICERA; LONICERA PERICLYMENUM;

EID: 79960452352     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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