Affiliation:
1. Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
2. Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, University of Taquari Valley-Univates Lajeado, RS, Brazil
3. College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, 071000, China
4. Global Alliance of HeBAU-CLS&HeQiS for BioAl-Manufacturing, Baoding, Hebei 071000, China
Abstract
Background:
Plants have played an essential role in the search for new compounds for the
most diverse therapeutic purposes. Recently, more attention has been paid to natural antioxidants because
of the possible insecurity of synthetic antioxidants.
Objective:
The review is aimed at summarizing the most important and common natural antioxidants and
their resources from medicinal plants.
Method:
The research was performed using data bases of PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Taylor and Francis, etc. to search for all collected scientific publications.
Results:
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 liquorice
root. Anacardium occidentale L., Ananas comosus (L.) Merril, Baccharis trimera (Less) DC., Carapa
guianensis Aubl., Casearia sylvestris Sw., Cordia verbenacea DC., Croton lechleri Müll. Arg., and Eugenia
uniflora L. are the main medicinal plants with antioxidant activities in Brazil.
Conclusion:
Antioxidants are those molecules that are involved in the scavenging of these reactive species
causing oxidative stress and are defined as those substances which could prevent the oxidation of the
substrate at low concentrations. The main derived exogenous natural antioxidants are derived from medicinal
plants, fruits, foods, flowers, and traditional herbal medicines in different parts of the world
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Drug Discovery,Pharmaceutical Science,Molecular Medicine
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