Volume 2, Issue 3

Sangappa Virupaxappa Kashinakunti, Gurupadappa Shantappa Kallaganada, Manjula Rangappa, Kavitha Hiremath, Sheshidhar Bannale

pp. 1–9 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.3.1 · 2012

Almost 95% of alcohol is metabolized by the liver but a small fraction is also metabolized in other organs like brain, heart, kidney, pancreas, skeletal muscle etc. Alcohol is metabolized by oxidative and non-oxidative p…

Sheri-Ann Tan, Sonia Ramos, María Angeles Martín, Raquel Mateos, Michael Harvey, Surash Ramanathan, Nazalan Najimudin, Maqsudul Alam, Laura Bravo, Luis Goya

pp. 10–19 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.3.2 · 2012

Introduction: Papaya plant parts are endowed with various therapeutic functions. As of to date, there are still no report comparing the antioxidative and hepatoprotective potentials of the three widely eaten parts of pap…

Eric Wei Chiang Chan, Lei Quan Kong, Kar Yen Yee, Wen Yee Chua, Tze Ying Loo

pp. 20–27 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.3.3 · 2012

Introduction:Although the antioxidant and antibacterial properties of Labiatae herbs are well known, the effects of different drying methods are yet to be determined. In this study, the antioxidant and antibacterial prop…

Sasikumar JM, Joghee Patharaj, Adithya ES, Paul Hephzibah Christabel, Shamna R

pp. 28–35 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.3.4 · 2012

Introduction:In this study, assessment of total phenolic and flavonoid contents and antioxidant capacity of methanolic extract of fruits of Elaeagnus kologa Schldl. were examined for the first time. Methods: For the dete…

Pankaj B. Nariya, V. J. Shukla, R. N. Acharya

pp. 36–40 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.3.5 · 2012

Antioxidant activity has been assessed by in vitro method for phytochemical fraction of plant, viz. methanolic and butanol extracts of Cordia macleodii bark. This investigation was under taken to evaluate methanolic and …

Deepa Garg, Ayesha Shaikh, Aditya Muley, Thankamani Marar

pp. 41–46 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.3.6 · 2012

Free radicals induce numerous diseases by lipid peroxidation, and DNA damage. It has been reported that numerous plant extracts have antioxidant activities to scavenge free radicals. In the present study, the antioxidant…

Shankar D. Katekhaye, Maheshkumar S. Kale

pp. 47–57 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.3.7 · 2012

Background: Several studies are going on worldwide directed towards finding natural antioxidants from plant origin which possess strong antioxidant activity. Objective: The aim of the present study was to study in vitro …

Umesh Kumar, Meenakshi Mishra, Veeru Prakash

pp. 58–63 · DOI: 10.5530/ax.2012.3.8 · 2012

Indian medicinal plants (Cassia fistula, Cinnamomum cassia, Acacia catechu and Citrus limon) were analyzed to study their antioxidant activity. Preliminary phytochemical screening revealed that C. fistula and C. cassia a…