Polyphenolic Content, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Less. Used in Folk Medicine in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Vernonia mespilifolia Less. is a shrub of the Asteraceae family used in the South African traditional medicine system for the management of weight loss, hypertension, and heartwater disease. There is a need for scientific evaluation to validate its ethnomedicinal usage. In vitro assays were conducte...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2515690X18773990 |