Volume 9, Issue 1

Khalida Al-Azawi, Dunya Lafta AL-Duhaidahawi, Ahmed Al-Amiery, Abdul Amir Hassan Kadhum

pp. 1–4 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.1.1 · 2019

Objective: Schiff’s base complexes can be important substitutes for some antioxidant drugs because they have a carbon-nitrogen (N-C) double bond with the ability to push the electrons into the transition metal. Methods: …

Haq Nawaz, Momna Aslam, Sidra Tul Muntaha

pp. 5–11 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.1.2 · 2019

Objectives: Corn silk is an underutilized part of corn which possesses great medicinal importance. The present study was planned to determine the phytochemical composition and antioxidant potential of corn silk extracts,…

Suraj Kumar Behera

pp. 12–15 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.1.3 · 2019

Objective: The present study aims to determine the antioxidant properties and phytochemical screening of Gymnema sylvestre plant. Materials and Methods: The qualitative and quantitative analyses were carried out for the …

Anirban Roy, Satyabrata Ghosh, Runu Chakraborty

pp. 16–21 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.1.4 · 2019

Objective: Antioxidants prevent ill-effects of free radicals through regulation of different proand anti-inflammatory enzymes of the cell which have association with the pathophysiology of alcohol-induced gastropathy. Th…

Kshirod Bihari Sathua, Jayant Kumar Patwa, Swaran Jeet Singh Flora

pp. 22–28 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.1.5 · 2019

Background: Presently arsenicosis is considered as dangerous health issues including cancer. Urinary bladder is one of the common target organs for developing carcinogenesis by arsenic exposure due to accumulation of ars…

Julia Kimondo, Peggoty Mutai, Peter Njogu, Charles Kimwele

pp. 29–34 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.1.6 · 2019

Objectives: Many plants used in ethnomedicinal interventions have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-aging and anticancer activities attributed to their antioxidant properties. The antioxidant properties m…

Hina Saeed, Haq Nawaz, Muhammad Aslam Shad, Dur E Shahwar, Hina Andaleeb, Saima Muzaffar, Raheela Jabeen, Tanzila Rehman, Anam Waheed

pp. 35–42 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.1.7 · 2019

Objectives:Aerva javanica, an underutilized desert plant, is a rich source of polysaccharide but not investigated properly for the antioxidant potential of its polysaccharides. The antioxidant potential of cell wall poly…

Anuradha Anand Shastri, Julian Ernest Spallholz

pp. 43–47 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.1.8 · 2019

Objective: Group VIA elements, oxygen, sulfur and selenium can be toxic and many of their compounds are toxic to cells owing to the catalytic generation of superoxide and oxidative stress from thiol oxidations. Sulfides,…

Adil Farooq Wali, Aftab Alam

pp. 48–51 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.1.9 · 2019

Objective:Syzygium cumini has been used for centuries in traditional medicine for various athological conditions. In the present study, extract yield, phytochemical constituents and in-vitro antioxidant assay ethanolic e…