Vernonia cinerea leaves as the source of phenolic compounds, antioxidants, and anti-diabetic activity using microwave-assisted extraction technique

• Main Authors: Alara, Oluwaseun Ruth, Nour, A. H., Ukaegbu, Chinonso Ishmael, Azhari, H. Nour
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2018
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21930/1/Vernonia%20cinerea%20leaves%20as%20the%20source%20of%20phenolic%20compounds%2C%20antioxidants.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21930/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.06.034; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.06.034

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder disease emanating from the inability of body’s response to high glucose levels in the blood. However, the side-effects from consuming synthetic drugs have reduced the effectiveness, thus, the potential of purple fleabane (Vernonia cinerea) leaf was investiga...