Antioxidant activity and phenolic compounds in decoction, infusion and hydroalcoholic extract of Origanum vulgare L.

Reactive species, including free radicals, have been implicated in ageing and various diseases. The human body possesses an antioxidant defense system that acts in the detoxification and elimination of those species. Nevertheless, natural matrices can give an exogenous contribution, providing antiox...

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Main Author: Martins, Natália (author)
Other Authors: Barros, Lillian (author), Santos-Buelga, Celestino (author), Ferreira, Isabel C. F. R. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Origanum vulgare L.
Decoction, infusion, hydroalcoholic extract
Antioxidant activity
Phenolic compounds
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/28724
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/28724

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