Vernonia amygdalina leaf and antioxidant potential

• Main Authors: Alara, Oluwaseun Ruth, Abdurahman, Nour Hamid
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: QD Chemistry; T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42602/1/Vernonia%20amygdalina%20leaf%20and%20antioxidant%20potential.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42602/2/Vernonia%20amygdalina%20leaf%20and%20antioxidant%20potential_ABS.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42602/; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819092-0.00034-0; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819092-0.00034-0

The free radicals are reactive molecules that emanate during oxidation; this can then stimulate a chain reaction that can cause cellular damage. A lot of studies had affirmed the implications of free radicals mostly the reactive oxygen species in generating over a hundred degenerative diseases in th...