This chapter focuses on the antioxidant potential of African medicinal and food plants, their chemical constituents and their other medicinal properties.
Methanolic extract of T. tetraptera leaves possesses a potent capacity for treatment of diabetes and the accompanying complications, including oxidative stress and hyperlipidemia.
Author SEA designed the study, wrote the protocol and interpreted the data. Authors JOO and UDI carried out the laboratory investigations, while author MLL managed the literature searches, managed the analysis of the study and wrote the first draft of the manuscript.
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