Chemistry and Pharmacology of Citrus sinensis

Presently the search for new drugs from natural resources is of growing interest to the pharmaceutical industry. Natural products have been the source of new drugs since ancient times. Plants are a good source of secondary metabolites which have been found to have beneficial properties. The present...

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Autores principales: Favela-Hernández, Juan Manuel J., González-Santiago, Omar, Ramírez-Cabrera, Mónica A., Esquivel-Ferriño, Patricia C., Camacho-Corona, María del Rayo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6273684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26907240
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules21020247
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Sumario:Presently the search for new drugs from natural resources is of growing interest to the pharmaceutical industry. Natural products have been the source of new drugs since ancient times. Plants are a good source of secondary metabolites which have been found to have beneficial properties. The present study is a review of the chemistry and pharmacology of Citrus sinensis. This review reveals the therapeutic potential of C. sinensis as a source of natural compounds with important activities that are beneficial for human health that could be used to develop new drugs.

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