Volume 2, Issue 1

Subhankar Chakraborty

pp. 1–1 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.2.1

It gives me great pleasure to introduce the fifth issue of Free Radicals and Antioxidants. This issue contains four original research articles, two short communications and a timely review article by Dr Rasikh Javaid[1].…

Rasikh Javaid, Mohd Aslam, Qudsia Nizami, Raheela Javaid

pp. 2–5 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.2.2

Renal disorders have always remained a major area of concern for physicians since a long time. It is the 9th leading cause of death in United States. Incidence of kidney diseases leading to kidney failure is increasing d…

Robby Kumar

pp. 6–8 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.2.3

Background: Diabetes mellitus causes free radicals generation which is one of the major causes for the complications in diabetes mellitus. Objective: To investigate whether selenium level differs between Type 2 diabetic …

Anowar Hussain, Viveeyan Saikia, Anand Ramteke

pp. 9–12 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.2.4

Introduction: Nitric oxide (NO) mediated signaling is known to influences tumor progression and has been implicated as a novel therapeutic target cancer therapy. Methods:In the present study, we have reported the modulat…

Tanmayee Mishra, Abhaya Prasad Das, Arnab Sen

pp. 13–20 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.2.5

Introduction: Canna edulis Ker Gawler, grown in the sub Himalayan region containing starchy rhizome are used by the tribal people as food and herbal medicine. Methods: Investigations were done to find out 2,2-diphenyl-1-…

Kausik Chatterjee, Kazi Monjur Ali, Debasis De, Dilip Kumar Panda, Debidas Ghosh

pp. 21–30 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.2.6

Introduction:Eugenia jambolana of Myrtaceae family is widely distributed and used as diabetic therapeutic traditional medicine in rural India. Antidiabetic potentiality of ethyl acetate fraction of hydromethanolic (40:60…

Ravi Narayan Venkatachalam, Kanchanlata Singh, Thankamani Marar

pp. 31–36 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.2.7

Free radicals or Reactive oxygen species (ROS), a class of highly reactive molecules derived from the metabolism of oxygen is believed to be involved in many health disorders. ROS including superoxide radicals, hydroxyl …

Mohamed I. Abdelhady, Hamdy A. H. Aly

pp. 37–41 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.2.8

Introduction: The genus Callistemon is known in folk medicine for its anticough, antibronchitis, and insecticidal effects and its volatile oils have been used as antimicrobial and antifungal agents. Methods:The essential…