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Antioxidant and antimutagenic activities of Randia echinocarpa fruit.
Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 2007
Santos-Cervantes María Elena, Ibarra-Zazueta María Emilia, Loarca-Piña Guadalupe, Paredes-López Octavio, Delgado-Vargas Francisco
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We report for the first time the antioxidant and antimutagenic activities of fractions from Randia echinocarpa fruit, which is a Rubiaceae plant native to Sinaloa, Mexico. This fruit has been traditionally used in the prevention or treatment of cancer, among other diseases. The pulp of the fruit was sequentially extracted with solvents of different polarity (i.e. hexane, chloroform, methanol and water). A high...
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