Antioxidative activities of Medicinal plants from TCM

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1154-1172

  Liu, Qi Mei ^a   Jiang, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Active constituents; Antioxidative effect; Antioxidative mechanism; Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; CATECHIN; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; DITERPENE; EPIMEDIUM EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; FLUORENONE DERIVATIVE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCOSIDE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS EXTRACT; GRAPE SEED EXTRACT; LACTONE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PUERARIA EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHODIOLA ROSEA EXTRACT; SAFFLOWER EXTRACT; SALIDROSIDE; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; SAPONIN; SCAVENGER; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDES; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL;

EID: 84867033194     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138955712802762239     Document Type: Review

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