In vitro antioxidant and antiproliferative effect of the extracts of Ephedra chilensis K Presl aerial parts

• Main Authors: Marco Mellado (Author), Mauricio Soto (Author), Alejandro Madrid (Author), Iván Montenegro (Author), Carlos Jara-Gutiérrez (Author), Joan Villena (Author), Enrique Werner (Author), Patricio Godoy (Author), Luis F. Aguilar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ephedra chilensis K Presl, known locally as pingo-pingo, is a Chilean endemic plant used in traditional medicine as an anti-inflammatory and used in other treatments. However, unlike for the other Ephedra species, there have been no reports on the antioxidant and cytotoxic effect...