Antioxidative and in vitro antiproliferative activity of Arctium lappa root extracts
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Antioxidative and in vitro antiproliferative activity of Arctium lappa root extracts
BACKGROUND Arctium lappa, known as burdock, is widely used in popular medicine for hypertension, gout, hepatitis and other inflammatory disorders. Pharmacological studies indicated that burdock roots have hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, free radical scavenging and antiproliferative activities. The aim of this study was to evaluate total phenolic content, radical scavenging activity by DPPH...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1472-6882
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-25