Volume 1, Issue 4

· pp. 1–86 · 13 articles

Volume: 1
Issue: 4
Published
Pages: 1–86
Articles: 13
Sections: 1
ISSN: 2231-2536
Journal: Free Rad. Antiox.

In this issue

Article
Celebrating one year of Free Radicals and Antioxidants
Subhankar Chakraborty
pp. 1–1 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.1 · Published
The year is almost drawing to a close. Through this period, we have seen the birth and growth of Free Radicals and Antioxidants- a journal that was started to serve as a platform for the ever expanding knowledge on these…
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Antioxidant Activity of Some Carduus Species Growing in Bulgaria
Dimitrina Zheleva-Dimitrova, Iliya Zhelev, Ivanka Dimitrova-Dyulgerova
pp. 15–20 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.4 · Published
Background: Species of genus Carduus are traditionally used in Bulgarian folk medicine as diuretic, cardiotonic and antihemorroidal remedies. C. candicans ssp. globifer and C. kerneri ssp. austro-orientalis are Balkan en…
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Free Radicals and Tissue Damage: Role of Antioxidants
Sailaja Rao P, Sireesha Kalva, Aparna Yerramilli, Sadanandam Mamidi
pp. 2–7 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.2 · Published
Cells generate energy by reducing molecular oxygen to water. During the process, small amounts of partially reduced reactive oxygen forms are produced as unavoidable byproducts which are referred to as Reactive Oxygen Sp…
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Antioxidants, Free Radicals Scavenging and Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitory Potentials of Ajuga iva L. Extracts.
Abderrahmane BAGHIANI, Sabah BOUMERFEG, Moufida ADJADJ, Djamila AMENI, Meriem DJERMOUNI, Fatima KHELIFI-TOUHAMI, Noureddine CHAREF, Seddik KHENNOUF, Lekhmici ARRAR
pp. 21–30 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.5 · Published
Introduction: Antioxidant effects of Ajuga iva L extracts (AIE), a traditionally used plant in Algerian folk medicine, were investigated. This plant is widely used to treat diabetes, gastric ulcer, dysuria, painful joint…
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Secoisolariciresinol Diglucoside - A Phytoestrogen Nutraceutical of Flaxseed: Synthesis and Evaluation of Antioxidant Potency
Sadiq S. Moree, Shaukath ara khanum, J. Rajesha
pp. 31–38 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.6 · Published
This paper evaluates critically the science base that underpins the argument that oxidative damage is a significant causative factor in the development of human diseases and that antioxidants are capable of preventing or…
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Study on the relation of structure and antioxidant activity of isorhamnetin, quercetin, phloretin, silybin and phloretin isonicotinyl hydrazone
Airen Zuo, Yanying Yu, Jing Li, Binbin Xu, Xiongying Yu, Yan Qiu, Shuwen Cao
pp. 39–47 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.7 · Published
Background: Some flavonoids compounds from the Chinese Traditional Medicine such as isorhamnetin, quercetin, phloretin, silybin have excellent antioxidant activity. Phloretin isonicotinyl hydrazone which was a new compou…
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Antioxidant Potential of Penicillium citrinum and its Optimization through Different Statistical Approaches
Priyanka Chandra, Daljit Singh Arora
pp. 48–55 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.8 · Published
Three-step optimization strategies were applied to optimize the antioxidant potential of Penicillium citrinum. Primarily, different carbon and nitrogen sources were screened by classical methods, which revealed sucrose a…
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Studies on Phytochemical Constituents, Quantification of Total Phenolic, Alkaloid Content and In-vitro Anti-oxidant Activity of Thespesia populnea Seeds
Ganga Rao. B, Umamaheswara Rao. P, Sambasiva Rao. E, Mallikarjuna Rao. T, V.S.Praneeth. D
pp. 56–61 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.9 · Published
Introduction: Anti-oxidants are vital substances which possess the ability to protect the body from damage caused by free radical induced oxidative stress. There is an increasing interest in natural anti-oxidants, e.g., …
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A comparative study on the antioxidant activity of methanolic extracts of Terminalia paniculata and Madhuca longifolia
Shalu Agrawal, Giriraj T Kulkarni, VN Sharma
pp. 62–68 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.10 · Published
Introduction: Terminalia paniculata and Madhuca longifolia are widely used plants in the folk medicine for different ailments. Many of their traditional uses are based on the antioxidant property. But, till now, the anti…
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Study on Anti-oxidant Activity of Unripe Fruit of Ficus glomerata (Roxb.) using In-vitro Models
Yusufuddin Irfan, Mohd Asif khan, Shivakumar H.
pp. 69–74 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.11 · Published
Cellular damage or oxidative injury arising from free radicals or reactive oxygen species (ROS) now appears the fundamental mechanism underlying a number of human neurodegenerative disorders, diabetes, inflammation, vira…
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Phytochemical Analysis and in vitro Antioxidant Activity of Zingiber officinale
Mohd Amir, Ahsanullah Khan, Mohd Mujeeb, Ajaz Ahmad, Sheeba Usmani, Mohd Akhtar
pp. 75–81 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.12 · Published
Introduction: Antioxidant activity of the methanol extract of Zingiber officinale was determined by Reducing power assay, Superoxide anion scavenging activity assay, Hydroxyl radical scavenging activity assay, Nitric oxi…
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is antioxidant therapy effective to treat alzheimer’s disease?
LLoret A, Giraldo E, Viña J
pp. 8–14 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.3 · Published
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative process associated with oxidative stress. In the past, it was claimed that all neuronal lesions involved in the onset and progression of AD were related to oxidative stress…
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In-vitro Antioxidant Potential of Methanolic Extracts of Mirabilis jalapa Linn
Subin Mary Zachariah, Dr.N.A. Aleykutty, Vidya Viswanad, Sonu Jacob, Visakh Prabhakar
pp. 82–86 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.13 · Published
Introduction:Over the past decade, herbal and ayurvedic drugs have become a subject of world importance, with both medicinal and economical implications. The relatively lower incidence of adverse reactions to plant prepa…