Phytomedicine
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , 25 January 2008

Enhanced antioxidant bioactivity of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen) products prepared using nanotechnology

  • Je-Ruei Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science and Technology and Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 102, Taiwan, ROC
  • ,
  • Guo-Feng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biotechnology, National Formosa University, 64 Wunhua Road, Huwei Town, Yunlin 632, Taiwan, ROC
  • ,
  • Hui-Nung Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biotechnology, National Formosa University, 64 Wunhua Road, Huwei Town, Yunlin 632, Taiwan, ROC
  • ,
  • Ping-Chung Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biotechnology, National Formosa University, 64 Wunhua Road, Huwei Town, Yunlin 632, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +88656315491; fax: +88656315502.

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.11.012

Phytomedicine
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , 25 January 2008