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08/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Documented: The potent antioxidant activity of Chinese asparagus

Research has shown that the Chinese asparagus (Asparagus cochinchinensis) contains plenty of natural compounds with antioxidant activity. When given to mice, the water-based extract from the root of the vegetable is able to reduce the symptoms of aging caused by destructive free radicals. The study was conducted by the Hunan Agriculture University. The results were […]

07/19/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Traditional ethnomedicine from Egypt proven to have strong antioxidant activity

Traditional Egyptian medicine used the leaves of the warka fig (Ficus vasta) as a remedy for different kinds of diseases. A team of Italian researchers reported that a hydroalcoholic extract from the leaves of the indigenous tree contains phenolics with significant antimicrobial, antioxidant, and metal chelation activities. The study was supported by the University of […]

02/05/2018 / By Ralph Flores

St. John’s wort: A scientific review of its remarkable antibacterial and antioxidant properties

In a recently published study, researchers from the Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University and Mehmet Akif Ersoy University in Turkey have found that extracts from the Hypericum perforatum L. (commonly known as St. John’s wort) have antibacterial, antioxidant, and antimutagenic (prevents the alteration of a genetic material in a cell) properties. The study, which was published in the African Journal of […]

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