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Ogunleye Adewale Joseph (Adekunle Ajasin University)

 

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The importance and efficacy of epigallocatechin and epicatechin

25 October 2017 | By , , ,

Plant extracts have been used in African folk medicine to treat a wide array of infections, especially in Nigeria, for centuries. This article considers the potential medicinal uses and efficacy of the flavonoids epigallocatechin and epicatechin, which can be extracted from the Spondias mombin plant.