Volume 7, Issue 1

Oluwafemi Adeleke Ojo, Basiru Ajiboye, Adewale Fadaka, Promise Taro, Mohammad Ali Shariati

pp. 1–7 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.1 · 2016

Oxidative stress has been implicated in many human diseases such as aging, neurodegenerative disorders and many in cancer. Nrf2 (a master transcription factor that regulates antioxidant response element (ARE) mediated ex…

Aslam Khan, Vijaya Anand, Varalakshmi Badrinarayanan, Karpagam Thirunethiran, Pushpa Natarajan

pp. 8–12 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.2 · 2016

Objectives: The present study assessed the phytochemical components, In vitro antioxidant ability and cytotoxicity of leaf extract ofFicus racemosa. Methods: Preliminary phytochemical analysis in aqueous and ethanol was …

Shazia Tantary, Akbar Masood, Aashiq Hussain Bhat, Khalid Bashir Dar, Mohammad Afzal Zargar, Showkat Ahmad Ganie

pp. 13–22 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.3 · 2016

Background: Euphorbia wallichii belongs to family Euphorbiaceae is used to treat various diseases on folklore levels in Kashmir valley. Objective of the study is to explore antioxidant potential and anti-inflammatory act…

Heba Abd-Elhady El-gizawy, Mohammed Abdalla Hussein

pp. 23–30 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.4

Objective: The present study deals with isolation, structure elucidation of ferulic and coumaric acids from Fortunella japonica Swingle leaves and their structure antioxidant activity relationship. Structural analysis wa…

Ahmed Abdulamier Al-Amiery, Kawkab Y. Saour, Dunia Lafta A-Duhaidahawi, Yasameen Kadhum Al-Majedy, Abdul Amir Kadhum, Abu Bakar Mohamad

pp. 31–35 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.5 · 2016

Background: Coumarin is quite extend in plants including various vegetables, flavors, foods. Coumarin has various significant medicinal activities such as anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-viral, anti-microbial, anti…

Sadhana Shrivastava, Chhavi Uthra, Mohd. Salim Reshi, Sangeeta Shukla

pp. 36–42 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.6 · 2016

Background: In present scenario Acrylamide (A) concentration in starchy food processed at high temperatures have become very serious health problems. It is also used in industries and research chemical and potent toxic t…

Alagesan Venkatesan, Arumugam Kathirvel, Shanmugam Prakash, Venugopal Sujatha

pp. 43–49 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.7 · 2016

Background: Free radical induces numerous diseases by damaging biomolecules such as lipids, proteins, RNA and DNA. Several scientists reported that numerous plants and plant extracts have potent antioxidant activities to…

Natesan Gnanasekaran, John Ruban John, Ganesan Sakthivel, Subramanian Kalavathy

pp. 50–56 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.8 · 2016

Background: Tridax procumbens is weed and randomly used in Ayurvedic system of medicine for hepatic problems such as jaundice, hepatitis, cirrhosis. It has been established that most powerful in improving the oxidative d…

Michelle Chiang, Yasin Kurmoo, Teng-Jin Khoo

pp. 57–62 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.9 · 2016

Background: Edible plants belonging to the Zingiberaceae family display various antioxidative properties and widely used as folklore medicines. Three edible plants in Zingiberaceae family; namelyBoesenbergia rotunda, Pha…

Haq Nawaz, Muhammad Aslam Shad, Sabiha Tahir Abbasi

pp. 63–73 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.10 · 2016

Background:Nelumbo nucifera seeds are medicinally important due to the presence of phytochemicals with strong antioxidant potential. Extraction of these phytochemicals has been a major problem faced by the researchers. O…

Yaaser Q. Almulaiky, Waleed Mohammed Alshawafi, Hasan A. Al-Talhi, Mustafa Zeyadi, Firoz Anwar, Fahad A. Al-abbasi, Ruqaiyah Khan, Vikas Kumar

pp. 74–79 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.11 · 2016

Objective: The evaluation of antioxidant activity of grape from different cultivars was conducted by several methods. Materials and Methods: Scavenging of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, scavenging of 2,2’-…

Shipra Shukla, Tripti Mishra, Mahesh Pal, Baleshwar Meena, Tikam Singh Rana, Dalip Kumar Upreti

pp. 80–85 · 2016

Objective: The present study investigated the comparative analysis of fatty acid and antioxidant activity from the bark of Betula utilis, collected from Kashmir and Sikkim coded as BUK and BUS respectively. Methods: Fatt…

Connor M. Callaghan, Robert E. Leggett, Robert M. Levin

pp. 86–89 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.13 · 2016

Objective: The positive benefits of drinking wine and grape juices for their antioxidant properties have been well documented. Comparing the antioxidants between wine and grape juice as well as different types of each sh…

Ahlam Mushtaq, Mubashir Hussain Masoodi, Adil Farooq Wali, Bashir Ahmad Ganai

pp. 90–94 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.14 · 2016

Introduction: A number of plants of Kashmir valley are unexplored and Eremurus himalaicus is one amongst them.Eremurus himalaicus is an edible herb of North Western Himalayas which is yet to be evaluated for possession o…

Tanveer Bilal Pirzadah, Bisma Malik, Inayatullah Tahir, Mohammad Irfan Qureshi, Reiaz Ul Rehman

pp. 95–106 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.15 · 2016

Objective: Buckwheat is an underutilized pseudocereal crop used as a staple food especially in Himalayan regions. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the phytochemical screening, antioxidant potential and metabo…

Leandra Ernst Kerche-Silva, Dalita Gomes Silva Morais Cavalcante, Caroline Silva Danna, Andressa Silva Gomes, Iriana Moratto Carrara, Alessandra Lourenço Cecchini, Eidi Yoshihara, Aldo Eloizo Job

pp. 107–114 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.16 · 2016

Background: There are few studies exploring the antioxidant properties of the latex C-serum of the Hevea brasiliensis latex and their possible use for therapeutic application.Objective: This study investigated thein vitr…

Vu Ngoc Boi, Dang Xuan Cuong, Phan Thi Khanh Vinh

pp. 115–122 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.17 · 2016

Introduction: This study focused on the discussion of effect of various extraction conditions for phlorotannin content and antioxidant activities extracted from brown algae Sargassum serratum. The algae was grown in the …

Anjali Raj, Kenganora Mruthunjaya, Subba Rao Venkata Madhunapantula, Santhepete Nanjundaiah Manjula

pp. 123–127 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.18 · 2016

Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the antioxidant and anti-clastogenic activity of fractions extracted from Morusalba (Moraceae) leaves.Methods: The leaves of Morus alba were sequentially extracte…

Natesan Gnanasekaran, Subramanian Kalavathy

pp. 128–136 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2017.1.19 · 2016

Background: Plant’s are ability to manage with abiotic stress factors are mainly altered the metabolic pathways and produces a varied range of secondary metabolites. Secondary metabolite manufacture is a serious part of …