Affiliation:
1. College of Life
Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, 071000, China; Global Alliance of HeBAU-CLS&HeQiS for
BioAl-Manufacturing, Baoding, Hebei 071000, China
2. Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Abstract
Abstract:
The review is aimed at summarizing the most important and common natural antioxidants and
their resources from traditional Irani and Chinese medicinal sciences. The most important medicinal
plants with antioxidant activities in Iran are Artemisia, berberry fruit, borage, calendula, coriander, cumin,
green tea, hawthorn, jujube, pomegranate, rose, rosemary, black zira, tea, and thyme. Important traditional
medicinal plants with antioxidant activities in China are Asparagus, bindii, blueberries, camellia, Chinese
bayberry, Chinese bitter melon, Chinese cabbage, Chinese cherry, Chinese jujube, Chinese olive, pomegranate,
Chinese rose tea, Chinese toon, Chinese watermelon, black tea, knotweed, Chinese quince, Chinese
rhubarb, sumac, wolfberry, dendrobium, drumstick tree, Fiscus species, ginger, ginkgo, goji berry,
grape, Jerusalem thorn, kiwifruit seed oil, and licorice root. The present review article highlights the most
important medicinal plants which have been used in Iran and China as traditional herbal medicines for
hundreds of years due to their tremendous antioxidant activities.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Drug Discovery,Pharmaceutical Science,Molecular Medicine