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Antioxidant activity of medicinal spices and aromatic herbs
Essential oils of many plants besides having a strong and pleasant aroma also are biologically active as an antioxidant. They have an important economic role in the medical and pharmaceutical industries, aromatherapy and cosmetology, production of natural food flavorings and as natural preservative. A variety of free radical scavenging antioxidants are found in dietary sources like fruits, vege...
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1. Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi110 029. Introduction Whenever the curiosity of the present day investigator probes into the past and brings to light even fragmentary information on the ingenious methods of our ancestors, it makes a fascinating study. In India, reference to the curative properties of some herbs in the Rigveda (...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2167-0412
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0412.1000e160