Ethnomedicinal values, phenolic contents and antioxidant properties of wild culinary vegetables

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 162, Issue , 2015, Pages 333-345

  Abbasi, Arshad Mehmood ^a,b   Shah, Munir H ^c   Li, Tong ^d   Fu, Xiong ^a   Guo, Xinbo ^a,d   Liu, Rui Hai ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant properties; Culinary vegetables; Himalayas; Pakistan; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS EXTRACT; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA EXTRACT; BIDENS BIPINNATA EXTRACT; BOMBAX MALABARACUM EXTRACT; CAPSELLA BURSAPASTORIS EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM EXTRACT; CHICORY EXTRACT; COMMELINA BENGHALENSIS EXTRACT; DIGERA MURICATA EXTRACT; DIOSCOREA DELTOIDEA EXTRACT; DRYOPTERIS RAMOSA EXTRACT; FICUS PALMATA EXTRACT; FIG EXTRACT; GALIUM APARINE EXTRACT; LATHYRUS APHACA EXTRACT; LAUNAEA PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; MALVA PARVIFLORA EXTRACT; MEDICAGO POLYMORPHA EXTRACT; MELILOTUS ALBUS EXTRACT; MELILOTUS INDICUS EXTRACT; OREGANO EXTRACT; OXALIS CORNICULATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA EXTRACT; POLYGONUM AVICULARE EXTRACT; PORTULACA QUADRIFIDA EXTRACT; RUMEX DENTATUS EXTRACT; RUMEX HASTATUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATERCRESS EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMARANTHACEAE; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; BIDENS BIPINNATA; BIODIVERSITY; BOMBAX MALABARACUM; BRASSICACEAE; BUD; CAPSELLA BURSAPASTORIS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHICORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMELINA BENGHALENSIS; COMMON VETCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGERA MURICATA; DIOSCOREA DELTOIDEA; DRYOPTERIS RAMOSA; FEMALE; FICUS; FICUS PALMATA; FIG; FLOWERING; GALIUM APARINE; HUMAN; HYDROXYL RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; LAMIACEAE; LATHYRUS APHACA; LAUNAEA PROCUMBENS; LEGUME; MALE; MALVA PARVIFLORA; MALVACEAE; MEDICAGO POLYMORPHA; MELILOTUS ALBUS; MELILOTUS INDICUS; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; OXALIS CORNICULATA; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM AVICULARE; PORTULACA QUADRIFIDA; RUMEX DENTATUS; RUMEX HASTATUS; SILENE CONOIDEA; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SONCHUS ASPER; SONCHUS OLERACEOUS; STELLARIA MEDIA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TORILIS LEPTOPHYLLA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TULIPA STELLATA; VEGETABLE; VICIA FABA; WATERCRESS; YAM; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; PAKISTAN;

BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; FICUS CARICA; FICUS PALMATA; ORIGANUM VULGARE; SOLANUM NIGRUM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD ANALYSIS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PAKISTAN; PHENOLS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84921830012     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.12.051     Document Type: Article

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