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Structural features and macrophage immunostimulatory activity of the polysaccharides from Fraxinus angustifolia and Mentha suaveolens hot water extracts
| Resumo: | The dried leaves of Fraxinus angustifolia and the dried shoots of Mentha suaveolens are used by the population of the Tras-os-Montes, which is a region located in the northeast of Portugal. to prepare hot water extracts due to their therapeutic properties. Recently, the contribution of potysaccharides for the therapeutic properties often attributed to various plants hot water extracts has been highlighted. This work will provide a structural characterization of the polysaccharides present in these hot water extracts and will also evaluate their possible macrophage immunostimutatory activity, which might contribute for the therapeutic properties reported for these hot water extracts. |
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| Autores principais: | Martins, Vitor Manuel Ramalheira |
| Outros Autores: | Simões, Joana; Ferreira, Isabel; Cruz, Maria T.; Domingues, Maria R.M.; Coimbra, Manuel A. |
| Assunto: | Macrophage Immunostimulatory activity Mentha suaveolens Fraxinus angustifolia Polysaccharides |
| Ano: | 2015 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | documento de conferência |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Politécnico de Bragança |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Biblioteca Digital do IPB |
| Resumo: | The dried leaves of Fraxinus angustifolia and the dried shoots of Mentha suaveolens are used by the population of the Tras-os-Montes, which is a region located in the northeast of Portugal. to prepare hot water extracts due to their therapeutic properties. Recently, the contribution of potysaccharides for the therapeutic properties often attributed to various plants hot water extracts has been highlighted. This work will provide a structural characterization of the polysaccharides present in these hot water extracts and will also evaluate their possible macrophage immunostimutatory activity, which might contribute for the therapeutic properties reported for these hot water extracts. |
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