Curcumin as a Potential Antioxidant Agent
Authors:
J. Stano; D. Grančai; K. Neubert; J. Kresánek
Authors‘ workplace:
Záhrada liečivých rastlín Farmaceutickej fakulty Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava, Katedra farmakognózie a botaniky Farmaceutickej fakulty Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava, Biochemický ústav Univerzity Martina Luthera, Halle/Saale, Klinika pracovného le
Published in:
Čes. slov. Farm., 2000; , 168-170
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Overview
Curcuma vera is one of the medicinal plants of traditional Chinese medicine. The plant is the naturalsource of one of natural antioxidative agents – curcumin. The present paper summarizes informationabout the properties of curcumin and presents the characteristics of Curcuma vera, its producer.
Key words:
curcumin – antioxidant agent – Curcuma vera
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Pharmacy Clinical pharmacologyArticle was published in
Czech and Slovak Pharmacy
2000 Issue 4
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