Ethnobotanical study is an important activity related to the research and development of
drugs. The growing need to find alternatives for the treatment of chronic degenerative …

There is a continued interest to screen plant extracts for their antioxidant properties, in light
of the fact that antioxidant activities parallel anticancer activities, amongst their ability to …

Antioxidants in plants are considered to mitigate oxidation reactions in the body, as well as
slow deterioration due to oxidation of food. The aim of this research was to assess the …

Las plantas medicinales representan una fuente de sustancias terapéuticamente útiles, y
muchas de ellas se destacan por sus propiedades antioxidantes, que actualmente tienen un …

The screening of rare plants from the Yucatan region and the known native plants in Mexico,
that have been successfully introduced worldwide, has been conducted. Based on a …

Six methanol extracts from different parts of plants used in northeast Mexico as general
health supplements were examined for their potential as antioxidants. The plants evaluated …

Over the past two decades, researchers have turned to many of the traditional folk medicines
used in the Far East, Europe and North America in order to uncover the presence of new …

Biomolecules can be oxidized by free radicals. This oxidative damage has an important
etiological role in aging and the development of diseases like cancer, atherosclerosis, and …

Nine plants from the Puna ecoregion of northern Chile, traditionally used in ethnomedicine,
were studied. The total content of phenolic compounds and their antioxidant capacity (ABTS …

Traditional medicine in Latin America and mainly in Mexico represents an essential
alternative for treating different diseases. The use of plants as medicine is the product of a …