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Evaluation of Marrubium vulgare Growing Wild in Tunisia for Its Potential as a Dietary Supplement

Rezgui, M., Basma, M., Neng, N., Nogueira, J.M. and others · Foods · 2021

Preclinical

Abstract

Methanolic extracts of Marrubium vulgare from five Tunisian locations were evaluated for antioxidant activity (ferric reducing power, radical scavenging, beta-carotene bleaching), total phenolic content, mineral composition and marrubiin content, showing horehound's antioxidant capacity and phytochemistry are strongly influenced by harvest site.

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Rezgui, M., Basma, M., Neng, N., Nogueira, J.M. and others (2021) 'Evaluation of Marrubium vulgare Growing Wild in Tunisia for Its Potential as a Dietary Supplement', Foods, 10(11), pp. 2864. doi:10.3390/foods10112864

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