Volume 14, Issue 2

Aditya Jain, Tanvi Jangid, Ram Niwas Jangir Jangir, Gauri Shankar Bhardwaj

pp. 34–61 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2024.2.6 · 2025

The use of green-synthesized nanoparticles has emerged as a promising avenue for enhancing antioxidant activity in various applications, including medicine, environmental protection and food preservation. This review pro…

Franklyn Okechukwu Ohiagu, Paul Chidoka Chikezie, Tochukwu Oluwatosin Maduka, Chinwendu Mauren Chikezie, Ogueri Nwaiwu, Keshav Raj Paudel

pp. 62–85 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2024.2.7 · 2025

Antioxidants impede free radical chain reactions and thereby retard and prevent oxidative cellular damage. The present review provides an overview of the basic mechanisms by which antioxidants scavenge free radicals and …

Mina Akter, Md. Imtiazul Kabir, Nasiruddin Nalban, Srinivasan Marimuthu, Ranjini Sankaranarayanan, G. Jayarama Bhat

pp. 86–96 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2024.2.8 · 2025

Background:Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the third most common cause of cancer death in the US and more than 1 million people are diagnosed with this disease every year worldwide. In this regard, flavonoids and their degrad…

Ramya Shanmugam, Bharathi Kathirvel, Jothi Dheivasikamani Abidharini, Pemula Gowtham, Girigoswami Agnishwar, Pragya Pallavi, Jeyabal Philomenathan Antony Prabhu, Vijaya Anand Arumugam

pp. 97–103 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2024.2.9 · 2025

Background: Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst is an herbal plant used predominantly in Ayurvedic medicine. Though this plant has diverse pharmacological properties it is pivotal to acknowledge its total antioxidant capacity an…

Varatharajan Rajavel, Fazlina Mustaffa, Foo Yau Rou, Lim Jia Qi, Catherine Khor Khai Lin, Mari Jothi, Karthikeyan Jayabalan

pp. 104–110 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2024.2.10 · 2025

Background:Astragalus propinquus is an herb belongs to the family of Fabaceae. Astragalus propinquus is commonly known as Mongolian milkvetch in English and in Chinese it is called huang qi. Astragalus propinquus is a tr…

Kanimozhi Selvakumaran, Sathish Adithya Rajadhinakaran, Nandhini Elangovan, Subhashree H

pp. 111–118 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2024.2.11 · 2025

Background:Concentrated forms of the plant extracts such as sathu/uppu possess effective medicinal properties. On concentrating the active principles were also get doubled. These organic substances are valuable resources…

Marika Louise Graham, Paul Chidoka Chikezie

pp. 119–125 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2024.2.12 · 2025

Background:MetHb and MDA are biomarkers for erythrocyte redox status and membrane lipid peroxidation, respectively. This present study aims to investigate the levels of human erythrocyte redox status and membrane lipid p…

Arthi Boro, Krishnaswamy Sujatha, Jothi Dheivasikamani Abidharini, Pragya Pallavi, Jeyabal Philomenathan Antony Prabhu, Arumugam Vijaya Anand

pp. 126–130 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2024.2.13 · 2025

Background: Tinospora cordifolia is a perennial shrubby creeper, a member of the Menispermaceae family. It is a plant containing various phytochemical compounds and is used in traditional medicine. Materials and Methods:…