Evaluation of the antioxidant activity of the ethanol extract of Melochia tomentosa Linaeus (1735). / Avaliação da atividade antioxidante do extrato etanólico de Melochia tomentosa Linaeus (1735)

• Main Authors: Regina da Silva Acácio (Author), Simone Paes Bastos Franco (Author), Walter Soares Costa Filho (Author), João Gomes da Costa (Author), Aldenir Feitosa dos Santos (Author), Henrique Fonseca Goulart (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Alagoas, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Brazil has the greatest biodiversity in the world and there are no studies on several species of Brazilian flora. In this context, the genus Melochia has been studied as a possible source of alternative natural antioxidant. The objective of the present work was to investigate the antioxidant activit...