Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and enzyme inhibitory activities of 10 selected Unani herbs

  • Shivraj Hariram Nile Department of Bioresources and Food Science, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul 143701, South Korea. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3141-5754
  • Young Soo Keum Department of Bioresources and Food Science, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul 143701, South Korea.
Keywords: Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Enzyme inhibition, Herbs
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v12i2.31843

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Published
2017-05-11

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Financial Support
KU-Research Professor Program-2017, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Conflict of Interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest