Blechnum Orientale Linn - a fern with potential as antioxidant, anticancer and antibacterial agent
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Blechnum Orientale Linn - a fern with potential as antioxidant, anticancer and antibacterial agent
BACKGROUND Blechnum orientale Linn. (Blechnaceae) is used ethnomedicinally for the treatment of various skin diseases, stomach pain, urinary bladder complaints and sterilization of women. The aim of the study was to evaluate antioxidant, anticancer and antibacterial activity of five solvent fractions obtained from the methanol extract of the leaves of Blechnum orientale Linn. METHODS Five sol...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1472-6882
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-15