1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000067459707536

Autore

Frye, Northrop

Titolo

The modern century / Northrop Frye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1967

Descrizione fisica

123 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

The Whidden lectures 1967

Disciplina

901.9

Soggetti

Civiltà

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910626105003321

Titolo

Plants as a source of natural antioxidants / / edited by Nawal Kishore Dubey, Banaras Hindu University, India

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-78924-436-6

1-78064-267-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

615.3/28

Soggetti

Materia medica, Vegetable

Antioxidants - Health aspects

Antioxidants - Therapeutic use

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Plants of Indian traditional medicine with antioxidant activity / N.K.



Dubey, Akash Kedia, Bhanu Prakash, and Nirmala Kishore -- Natural antioxidants from traditional Chinese medicinal plants -- Li Sha, Li Shu-Ke, Li Hua-Bin, Xu Xiang-Rong, Li Fang, Wu Shan, and Li An-Na -- Review on antioxidant potential of African medicinal and food plants / S.E. Atawodi, O.D. Olowiniyi, G.O. Adejo, and M.L. Liman -- Antioxidant plants from Brazil / Nadia Rezende Barbosa Raposo, Annelisa Farah Silva, Hudson Caetano Polonini, and Antonio Marcio Resende Do Carmo -- Antioxidant characteristics of Korean edible wild plants / Sang-Uk Chon and Kyeong Won Yun -- Algae as natural source of antioxidant active compounds / Emad A. Shalaby -- Antioxidant potential of marine microorganisms: a review / V.N. Pandey, Sarad K. Mishra, Abhai K. Srivastava, and Nidhi Gupta -- Biotechnology for plants with increased levels of antioxidants / S. Hettiarachi and P.L. Hettiarachchi -- Plant-derived antioxidants as food additives / Dimitris P. Makris and Dimitrios Boskou -- Antioxidants: biochemical activity and therapeutic role in plants and humans / Neha Pandey and Shashi Pandey-Rai -- Pharmacology of medicinal plants having antioxidant activity / Archana Mehta -- Endophytic fungal association of plants and antioxidant compounds / S.C. Sati and S. Joshi -- Mycorrhizal fungi in the formation of antioxidant compounds / P.N. Bhattacharyya and D.K. Jha -- Oxidative stress and role of mushrooms as reservoir of potentially active natural antioxidants: an overview / Sikha Dutta.

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive overview of both traditional and current knowledge on the health effects of plant based antioxidants, this book reviews medicinal and aromatic plants from around the world. It covers the different sources of antioxidants including essential oils, algae and marine microorganisms, as well as the role of abiotic and biotic stresses, endophytes, transgenic approaches in scavenging ROS and antioxidant plants used in different therapeutic systems.