Volume 3, Issue 2

Vinay Kumar, Melissa Lemos, Mansi Sharma, Varsha Shriram

pp. 55–60 · DOI: 10.1016/j.fra.2013.07.001 · 2013

Introduction: In recent years, natural antioxidants have seen an unprecedented importance and demand in bio-pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals besides their use as food additives. Antioxidants act as potential prophylactic …

Giuseppe Gallo, Guglielmo Martino, Annarita Carino

pp. 61–66 · DOI: 10.1016/j.fra.2013.06.001 · 2013

Background:The aim of this study is to put into evidence and verify the correlation between hemolysis and oxidative damage in subjects who practice spinning. Methods: A total of 12 volunteers, aged 35 � 5 years were enro…

Satyanarayana Botcha, Subhashini Devi Prattipati, Arundhati Atluru, Hemalatha K. Padma Jyothi

pp. 67–72 · DOI: 10.1016/j.fra.2013.05.010 · 2013

Objective:The present study is an attempt to understand the role of enzymatic and non-enzymatic an- tioxidants as well as peroxidase isoenzymes in order to differentiate the four flowering durations of pigeon pea cultiva…

Pawan Kumar Verma, Rajinder Raina, Mudasir Sultana, Shahid Prawez, Neha Jamwal

pp. 73–76 · DOI: 10.1016/j.fra.2013.05.009 · 2013

Background and objectives: Drug induced hepatotoxicity is a major health issue concern by drug regu- latory agencies, pharmaceutical industry and health care professionals. Present study was aimed to investigate the hepa…

Aline Augusti Boligon, Robson Borba de Freitas, Thiele Faccim de Brum, Mariana Piana, Bianca Vargas Belke, João Batista Teixeira da Rocha, Margareth Linde Athayde

pp. 77–80 · DOI: 10.1016/j.fra.2013.05.007 · 2013

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

Kadiam C. Venkata Subbaiah, Rajendra Wudayagiri, Lokanatha Valluru

pp. 81–86 · DOI: 10.1016/j.fra.2013.05.006 · 2013

Background:Newcastle disease (ND) is highly contagious disease caused by Newcastle disease virus (NDV) causes mass mortalities in poultry and triggers poultry economy. Methods: NDV induced oxidative stress representing m…

Subramanyam Dasari, Rajendra Wudayagiri, Lokanatha Valluru

pp. 87–92 · DOI: 10.1016/j.fra.2013.05.004 · 2013

Background and aim: To evaluate the effect of treatment on antioxidant status of cervical cancer patients with suspected and healthy. Method: The study was included 59 cancer patients with cervical cancer were compared t…

Dhiraj Anil Vattem, Robert Corey DeLeon

pp. 93–99 · DOI: 10.1016/j.fra.2013.05.003 · 2013

Background/Aims:Health benefits of Lamiaceae herbs are attributed to the presence of antioxidant phytochemicals. However, mechanism of in vivo functionality is not very well understood. We deter- mined the in vivo effect…

Rathinavelusamy Paramaguru, Papiya Mitra Mazumder, Dinakar Sasmal, Dhananjay Kumar, Kunal Mukhopadhyay

pp. 100–106 · DOI: 10.1016/j.fra.2013.05.002 · 2013

Objective:The present study was designed to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant and DNA nicking potential of various extracts and fractions of Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd (Family: Stericuliaceae). Research design a…

Devanesan Arul Ananth, Thilagar Sivasudha, Angappan Rameshkumar, Ramachandran Jeyadevi, Smilin Bell Aseervatham

pp. 107–112 · DOI: 10.1016/j.fra.2013.05.008 · 2013

Objective:To evaluate chemical constituents, in vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of Caryota urens L. Methods:Qualitative analysis of crude extract of C. urens was carried out by gas chromatography mass spect…