ANTIPLATELET ACTIVITY OF CITRUS PLANT EXTRACTS

• Dr. C. Milagros T Garcia Mesa
• 26/06/2019 14:00
• Restaurante "El Tesico"

• No Presencial
• English

• acetyl salicylic acid
• citrus aurantifolia
• citrus sinensis
• platelet aggregation

The antithrombotic efficacy and safety of currently available antiplatelet drugs is limited for different reasons. Therefore, other effective, safe and low-cost therapeutic options are needed The fact that acetyl salicylic acid (ASA), a reference antithrombotic drug, was discovered from Salix alba L. (willow) allows suggesting that new therapeutic options could be developed from other plant species. Nevertheless, “antiplatelet” is not a popular term, being difficult to find clues from Ethnomedic...