Antioxidant and Antiradical Activities of Manihot esculenta Crantz (Euphorbiaceae) Leaves and Other Selected Tropical Green Vegetables Investigated on Lipoperoxidation and Phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) Activated Monocytes

Abelmoschus esculentus (Malvaceae), Hibiscus acetosella (Malvaceae), Manihot esculenta Crantz (Euphorbiaceae) and Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae) leaves are currently consumed as vegetables by migrants from sub-Saharan Africa living in Western Europe and by the people in the origin countries,...

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Main Authors: Ange Mouithys-Mickalad, Didier Serteyn, Luc Angenot, Thierry Franck, Monique Tits, Ginette Deby-Dupont, Cesar N. Tsumbu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-09-01
Series:Nutrients
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/3/9/818/