Sapwood of carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) as a potential source of bioactive compounds

Methanol (ME) and hot water extracts (WE) of carob tree sapwood (Ceratonia siliqua L.) exhibited high antioxidant activity and were rich in phenolic compounds, with the main compounds identified by HPLC/DAD as gentisic acid and (-)-epicatechin. The ME displayed a high in vitro antitumor activity aga...

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Autor principal: Custódio, Luísa (author)
Outros Autores: Escapa, Ana Luísa (author), Patarra, João (author), Aligué, Rosa (author), Alberício, Fernando (author), Neng, Nuno Rosa (author), Nogueira, José Manuel F. (author), Romano, Anabela (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2015
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/6456
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/6456