Rooibos properties

Joubert E, Ferreira D. 1996. Antioxidants of rooibos tea—a possible explanation for its health promoting properties SA J Food Sci Nutr 8 79-83. 

Japanese and South African researchers were the first to scientifically investigate the possible health promoting properties of rooibos which led to publications reporting on various biological activities (31-37). A few studies regarding the in vitro, in vivo and ex vivo biological activities of honeybush has been published by mainly South African researchers and are mostly limited to the exported species, Cyclopia intermedia. These studies will be discussed. 

The cancer modulating properties of rooibos and honeybush were subsequently reported on and these studies provided the first evidence for the in vivo modulation of tumor promotion 54,59,60). In a 7,12-... 

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