Nepeta species: From farm to food applications and phytotherapy

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 80, Issue , 2018, Pages 104-122

  Salehi, Bahare ^a,b   Valussi, Marco ^c   Jugran, Arun Kumar ^d   Martorell, Miquel ^e   Ramírez Alarcón, Karina ^e   Stojanović Radić, Zorica Z ^f   Antolak, Hubert ^g   Kręgiel, Dorota ^g   Mileski, Ksenija S ^h   Sharifi Rad, Mehdi ⁱ   Setzer, William N ^j   Cádiz Gurrea, María de la Luz ^k,l   Segura Carretero, Antonio ^k,l   Şener, Bilge ^m   Sharifi Rad, Javad ^b,n  

^a Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association (EHTPA)   (United Kingdom)

^d G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^g LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

ⁱ ZABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^j University of Granada ^*  (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^l Research and Development of Functional Food Centre (CIDAF) PTS Granada   (Spain)

^m GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Biological activity; Herbal medicine; Lamiaceae; Nepeta

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL OILS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; METABOLITES; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHOLESTEROL LOWERING; HERBAL MEDICINES; LAMIACEAE; NEPETA; SECONDARY METABOLITES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINES;

DISEASES;

EID: 85051648983     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2018.07.030     Document Type: Review

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