Volume 5, Issue 1

Original Article

1. Article

   Antioxidant, antibacterial and antiacetylcholinesterase activities of abietic acid from Isodon wightii (Bentham) H. Hara

   Madhusudhanan Gogul Ramnath, Ramaraj Thirugnanasampandan, Mathusalini Sadasivam, Palathurai Subramaniam Mohan

   pp. 1–5 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2015.1.1 · Published

   Objective: Isodon is an important genus of the family Lamiaceae which contains diterpenoids of diverse functionalities. The present study attempted with isolation, structure elucidation and bioactivity evaluation of isol…

2. Article

   Antioxidant potential of Fraxinus floribunda Bark Extracted through Various Aqueous Processing

   Subba Arunika, Mandal Palash

   pp. 6–12 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2015.1.2 · Published

   Introduction: Fraxinus floribunda Wallich (Oleaceae) is an ethno-medicinal plant found in Sikkim, India. The leaves of the plant are traditionally used in fracture, dislocation and other inflammatory conditions. From our…

3. Article

   Antioxidant Status of Liver and Kidney Homogenates from Hyperglycemic Rats Administered with Single and Combinatorial Herbal Formulations

   Okey Alphonsus Ojiako, Paul Chidoka Chikezie, Agomuo Chizaramoku Ogbuji

   pp. 13–20 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2015.1.3 · Published

   Aims: The present study ascertained the comparative capacities of single and combinatorial herbal formulations of Acanthus montanus, Emilia coccinea, Hibiscus rosasinensis and Asystasia gangetica to exert glycemic contro…

4. Article

   Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activity of Different Extracts of Zanthoxylum Alatum

   Indrajit Karmakar, Sagnik Haldar, Mainak Chakraborty, Saikat Dewanjee, Pallab Kanti Haldar

   pp. 21–28 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2015.1.4 · Published

   Objectives: The present study evaluates the antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of different extract (methanol, chloroform, petroleum ether) of Zanthoxylum alatum. Methodology: The antioxidant activities of all the three …

5. Article

   Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of solvent extract obtained from rocket (Eruca sativa L.) flowers

   Mohamed Koubaa, Dorra Driss, Fatma Bouaziz, Raoudha Ellouz Ghorbel, Semia Ellouz Chaabouni

   pp. 29–34 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2015.1.5 · Published

   Background and aim: Eruca sativa or most commonly known as rocket is a worldwide herbaceous plant usually used for salad preparations due to its astringent properties. The health benefits of its leaves and seeds were wid…

6. Article

   Antioxidant Compound Quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnoside(1→6)- β-D-glucose (Rutin) isolated from ethyl acetate leaf extracts of Memecylon edule Roxb (Melastamataceae)

   Ramalingam Srinivasan, Devarajan Natarajan, Muthugounder Subramaniam Shivakumar

   pp. 35–42 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2015.1.6 · Published

   Introduction: The present study was aimed to isolate antioxidant principle from leaf ethyl acetate extract of Memecylon edule for the first time. M. edule belongs to melastomataceae family; possess various biological pro…