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Aims: Herbal medicines are widely used because of its health benefits and minimum side effects. There are many underutilized medicinal herbs in Sri Lanka which are not subjected to any scientific study to prove their health benefits. The present study attempted to identify the health benefits and possibility to develop herbal teas from selected her...
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... was measured at 540 nm and free sugar content was calculated as glucose equivalents. Table 1 shows the IC 50 value for DPPH radical scavenging activity of selected medicinal plants and it can be confirmed that C. halicacabum, A. indica and S. trilobatum have high radical scavenging capacity compared to the standard. Among them, the highest radical scavenging activity presents in C. halicacabum while minimum has been noticed in O. tenuiflorum. ...Similar publications
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