Bioactive components in Moringa oleifera leaves protect against chronic disease

Antioxidants

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Vergara Jimenez, Marcela ^a   Almatrafi, Manal Mused ^b   Fernandez, Maria Luz ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioactive components; Cancer; Diabetes; Heart disease; Hepatic steatosis; Moringa Oleifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034806751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox6040091     Document Type: Review

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