Antioxidant Capacity and Proanthocyanidin Composition of the Bark of Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng is the only living species in the genus Metasequoia Miki ex Hu et Cheng (Taxodiaceae), which is well known as a “living fossil” species. In the Chinese folk medicine, the leaves and bark of M. glyptostroboides are used as antimicrobic, analgesic, and anti-inf...

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Main Authors: Fengyang Chen, Lin Zhang, Shuling Zong, Shifang Xu, Xiaoyu Li, Yiping Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/136203