Objectives: (Aquifoleaceae) is cultivated to produce "yerba mate". Due to its nutritional, energizing, hypoglycemic and antioxidant effects, it is used in the elaboration of food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The oxidative stress related to protein glycation and production of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) leads to the development of several diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF, invades the gastric mucosa and is one of the causative agents of stomach cancer and peptic ulcers. , is a flavouring herb used worldwide. But little is known about the effects of extracts prepared by maceration in cold PBS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEthnopharmacological Relevance: Larrea divaricata Cav. (Zygophyllaceae) (jarilla) is a native plant of South America widely distributed across Argentina and used in popular medicine to treat diabetes and hypercholesterolemia by the Diaguita-Calchaquí, Amaichas, and Quilmes indigenous communities and by non-indigenous population (criollos) of Calamuchita, in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. L.
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