New potential phytotherapeutics obtained from white mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaves

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 84, Issue , 2016, Pages 628-636

  Gryn Rynko, Anna ^a   Bazylak, Grzegorz ^a   Olszewska Slonina, Dorota ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anticancer agents; Diabetes mellitus; Morus alba L.; Nutraceuticals; White mulberry leaves

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MULBERRY EXTRACT; NUTRACEUTICAL; PLANT PROTEIN; POLYPHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DECIDUOUS PLANT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORUS ALBA; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MORUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84988928580     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: 19506007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2016.09.081     Document Type: Review

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