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Molecules 2012, 17, 1686-1697; doi:10.3390/molecule OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article Phytochemical and Antioxidant-Related Investigations on Bark of Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach. from Nepal 1 1 2 1 Stefano Dall’Acqua , Paola Minesso , Bharat Babu Shresta , Stefano Comai , 2 3 4 4 Pramod Kumar Jha , Mohan Bikram Gewali , Emanuela Greco , Rinaldo Cervellati and Gabbriella Innocenti 1,* 1 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo 5, Padova 35121, Italy 2 Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal 3 Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal 4 Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: gabbriella.innocenti@unipd.it; Tel.: +39-049-827-5370; Fax: + 39-049-827-5366. Received: 23 January 2012; in revised form: 7 February 2012 / Accepted: 8 February 2012 / Published: 8 February 2012 Abstract: The bark of several coniferous species, a waste product of the timber industry, contains significant amounts of natural antioxidants. In our ongoing studies of Nepalese medicinal plants, we examined the bark from Abies spectabilis as the starting material for