Screening of Antioxidant Activity of Gentian Lutea Root and Its Application in Oil-in-Water Emulsions

• Main Authors: Nurul Aini, Mohd Azman, Segovia, Francisco, Martínez-Farré, Xavier, Gil, Emilio, Almajano, María Pilar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2014
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6128/1/Screening_of_Antioxidant_Activity_of_Gentian_Lutea_Root_and_Its_Application_in_Oil-in-Water_Emulsions.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6128/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox3020455

Gentiana Lutea root (G. Lutea) is a medicinal herb, traditionally used as a bitter tonic in gastrointestinal ailments for improving the digestive system. The active principles of G. Lutea were found to be secoiridoid bitter compounds as well as many other active compounds causing the pharmacological...