Przeciwutleniające i farmakologiczne właściwości kwasów fenolowych

© Borgis - Postępy Fitoterapii 1/2013, s. 48-53

*Anna Parus

Summary
Phenolic acids are secondary metabolites extensively spread throughout the plant kingdom. Due to their importance in plants and human health. Phenolic acids function as reducing agents, free radical scavengers, and quenchers of singlet oxygen formation. The medicinal and pharmacological properties of phenolic acids are mainly connected with their antioxidant activity. In addition, phenolic acids components play important roles in the control of cancer and other human diseases.

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