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    Free Radicals and Antioxidants

    Volume 1, Issue 2

    · pp. 1–71 · 11 articles

    Volume
    1
    Issue
    2
    Published
    Pages
    1–71
    Articles
    11
    Sections
    1
    ISSN
    2231-2536
    Journal
    Free Rad. Antiox.

    In this issue

    1. Article

      From Small Steps to Giant Leaps – The Second Issue

      Subhankar Chakraborty

      pp. 1–1 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.2.1 · Published

      Time flies by in a flash. Here we stand poised to release the second issue of Free Radicals and Antioxidants. It gives me immense pleasure to share with all readers and contributors the overwhelmingly positive response t…

    2. Article

      Influence on the carotenoid Levels of Skin Arising from Age, Gender, Body Mass Index in Smoking/ non‑Smoking Individuals

      M.C. Meinke, A. Lauer, B. Taskoparan, I. Gersonde, J. Lademann, M. E. Darvin

      pp. 15–20 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.2.4 · Published

      Introduction:Intakes of fruit and vegetables rich in carotenoids are associated with a lower risk for a variety of chronic diseases. Therefore, the carotenoid levels in the skin have been measured in various studies to i…

    3. Article

      Tea Polyphenols as Antioxidants

      Mueen Ahmed KK, Monalisa Baral

      pp. 2–3 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.2.2 · Published

      Antioxidants are defined by the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) as substances, which may be applied in preserving food by retarding deterioration, rancidity or discolouration due to oxidation. Antioxi…

    4. Article

      Membrane Lipid Peroxidation of HbAA Erythrocyte of Non-Malarious Participants Administered with Quinine

      Paul Chidoka Chikezie, Augustine Amadikwa Uwakwe

      pp. 21–25 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.2.5 · Published

      The erythrocyte membrane is susceptible to lipid peroxidation due to its high content of polyunsaturated lipids. The present study ascertained levels of lipid peroxidation of non-parasitized erythrocytes of non-malarious…

    5. Article

      Glutathione S–Transferase Activity of Human Erythrocytes Incubated in Aqueous Solutions of Five Antimalarial Drugs

      Paul Chidoka Chikezie

      pp. 26–30 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.2.6 · Published

      Levels of human erythrocyte glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity were ascertained in the presence of separate increasing concentrations (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8 mg% w/v) of five antimalarial drugs {Pyrimethamine/Sulph…

    6. Article

      Total Phenolic contents, Antioxidant Activities and cytotoxicity of three Centaurea Species: C. calcitrapa subsp. calcitrapa, C. ptosimopappa and C. spicata

      Erol-Dayi Ö, Pekmez M., Bona M., Aras-Perk A., Arda N.

      pp. 31–36 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.2.7 · Published

      Background:Many species of the genus Centaurea have been reported to be used in Anatolian folk medicine. In the present study, methanolic and aqueous extracts of three species of Centaurea L. (C. calcitrapa subsp. calcit…

    7. Article

      In vitro antioxidant studies of Sitopaladi Churna, a polyherbal Ayurvedic formulation

      Inder Kumar Makhija, H. N. Aswatha Ram, C. S. Shreedhara, Vijay Kumar S, Raviraj Devkar

      pp. 37–41 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.2.8 · Published

      Introduction: “Sitopaladi churna” is a reputed Ayurvedic polyherbal medicine prescribed for pleurodynia, intercostal neuralgia, cough associated with bronchitis, supportive agent for allergy, viral respiratory infection,…

    8. Article

      Mitochondrial uncoupling Proteins and oxidative Stress: Implications for diabetes and neurodegeneration

      Susana Cardoso, Renato X. Santos, Cristina Carvalho, Sónia Correia, Maria S. Santos, Paula I. Moreira

      pp. 4–14 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.2.3 · Published

      Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) are a family of mitochondrial anion-carrier proteins located on the inner mitochondrial membrane, where they promote the dissociation of oxidative phosphorylation from respiration. The specific…

    9. Article

      In vitro Antioxidative Profiling of Different Fractions of Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees leaf Extracts

      Arvind Kumar Goyal, Sushil Kumar Middha, Arnab Sen

      pp. 42–48 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.2.9 · Published

      Introduction: Plant derived natural antioxidants have attracted scientists for many years because of their economic viability and virtually no side effects. Therefore the present study was planned to evaluate the antioxi…

    10. Article

      Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of Moringa peregrina Seeds

      Mahmoud A. Koheil, Mohammed A. Hussein, Samir M. Othman, Alaa El-Haddad

      pp. 49–61 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.2.10 · Published

      The present study was carried out to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of Moringa peregrina seeds ethanolic and aqueous extracts. The anti-inflammatory effect Moringa peregrina extracts was examin…

    11. Article

      Evaluation of in vitro Antioxidant Activity and total Phenolic content of Methanol Bark Extract of Mimusops elengi

      K. Srinivasa Rao, Prameela Rani Munjuluri, B.V.V. Ravi Kumar, Nargesh K. Keshar

      pp. 62–71 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.2.11 · Published

      Introduction: Some researchers suggest that two-thirds of the world’s plant species have medicinal value; in particular, many medicinal plants have great antioxidant potential. Antioxidants reduce the oxidative stress in…