Antioxidant activity exhibited by medicinal plants, vegetables and fruits from North of Iran
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چکیده
Various side effects of synthetic drugs, has necessitated the move to more natural antioxidants. The demand for highly effective antioxidants having low or no side effects for use in preventive medicine and the food industry is increasing. As plants produce significant amount of secondary methabolites, mostly antioxidant compounds, they are almost replacing the synthetic antioxidants. Plant antioxidants include flavonoids, phenolics and polyphenolics can be used to prevent the oxidative stress caused by reactive oxygen species. Iran is a large country with a wide variety of vegetation and according to tradition some of these are used in folk medicine. The most known application and antioxidant activity of some useful medicinal herbs, fruit and vegetables grown in Northern Iran are introduced in this review.
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