Turnera ulmifolia L. (Turneraceae): Preliminary study of its antioxidant activity

Turnera ulmifolia L. is used in Brazilian folk medicine as an anti-inflammatory. Since this activity may be correlated with the presence of antioxidant compounds, a leaf extract was evaluated for its radical scavenging capacity (RSC). The in vitro RSC of a 50% hydroethanolic (HE) extract was evaluat...

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Published in:	Bioresource technology Vol. 97; no. 12; pp. 1387 - 1391
Main Authors:	Nascimento, M.A., Silva, A.K., França, L.C.B., Quignard, E.L.J., López, J.A., Almeida, M.G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-08-2006 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	Animals Antioxidant activity Antioxidants - metabolism Antioxidants - pharmacology beta Carotene - metabolism Biological and medical sciences Biotechnology - methods Brain - metabolism Drug Design Free Radicals General pharmacology Lipid Peroxidation Medical sciences Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food Pharmacology. Drug treatments Plant extracts Plant Extracts - pharmacology Plant Leaves Rats Rats, Wistar Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances Turnera - metabolism Turnera ulmifolia Turnera ulmifolia L Turneraceae β-carotene bleaching Lipid peroxidation β-carotene bleaching Turnera ulmifolia L Antioxidant activity Plant extracts Turneraceae Antiinflammatory agent Lipids Antioxidant Tissue extract Folk medicine Bleaching Dicotyledones Angiospermae Plant origin Spermatophyta Betacarotene Peroxidation
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