Chemical composition of wild and commercial Achillea millefolium L. and bioactivity of the methanolic extract, infusion and decoction

Food Chemistry

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4152-4160

  Dias, Maria Inês ^a,b   Barros, Lillian ^a,c   Dueñas, Montserrat ^c   Pereira, Eliana ^a   Carvalho, Ana Maria ^a   Alves, Rita C ^b   Oliveira, M Beatriz P P ^b   Santos Buelga, Celestino ^c   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium L; Bioactive properties; Chemical composition; Phytochemicals; Wild commercial

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG PRODUCTS; EXTRACTION; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SUGARS; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM L; BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; WILD/COMMERCIAL;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FREE RADICAL; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TOCOPHEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ACHILLEA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASH; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MACRONUTRIENT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM L; BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PHYTOCHEMICALS; WILD/COMMERCIAL;

ACHILLEA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSAGE FORMS; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84884579410     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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