Context: Barleria prionitis L. (Family Acanthaceae; commonly known as Vajradanti), is an annual shrub, 1–3 feet high, found throughout tropical Asia and in South Africa. Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of 50% ethanolic extract of leaf, flower, and stem of B. prionitis by using β carotene bleaching assay, reducing power and free radical scavenging...

Three polysaccharide fractions (TPS1, TPS2 and TPS3) with different molecular weights were obtained using ultra filtration membranes from crude tea polysaccharide (CTPS) extracted from abandoned lower grade tea leaves. Each fraction contained different contents of neutral sugar, uronic acid, protein, and total polyphenols. These differences provided basis for the antioxidant and free radical sc...

Essential oils from plants have been proven safe as natural antioxidants, and few are already marketed as digestive enhancers as well as in prevention of several degenerative diseases. This study evaluated the antioxidant capacity of seed and shell essential oils of Abrus precatorius (L), a herb used for ethno-medicinal practices in Nigeria. The essential oils were obtained by hydro-distillatio...

Daylilies (Hemerocallis disticha) are very popular for vegetarian cuisine in Taiwan and have been long used as a nutritious food and/or traditional medicine in Chinese society. Therefore, the antioxidant capacity of daylily flowers was investigated with a number of established in vitro assays. The results showed that DPPH radical scavenging activity, hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity, super...

The water and MeOH extracts of the stems of Quercus coccifera L. are screened for their radical scavenging activity against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH), superoxide (SO) and nitric oxide (NO) radicals spectroscopically. Dose dependent radical scavenging activity was observed and the results were found to be comparable to that of known antioxidant compounds BHA (3-t-butyl-4-hydroxyaniso...

Ten phenolic compounds were isolated from a butanol fraction of sage extracts. Their structures were determined by spectral methods (NMR, MS, IR). Among them, a novel compound, 4-hydroxyacetophenone-4-O-â-D-apiofuranosyl-(1f6)-O-â-D-glucopyranoside, was identified. Two test systems, DPPH free radical scavenging activity and radical cation ABTS•+ scavenging activity, were used to evaluate their ...

Phytochemicals in plants, vegetables and fruits have been reported to prevent oxidative stress related diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, cataracts, brain and immune-system dysfunction and inflammation. Many plant phenolic flavonoids have been shown to have antioxidant activity. In our study, the polyphenolic content and the radical scavenging activity of a number of Thai fruit e...

Indian Ber contain good source of ascorbic acid and total phenolics. Despite being rich in antioxidants it is an underutilized fruit. Effect of processing on antioxidant activity of ber fruit was studied. Antioxidant activity of ber fruit was evaluated by different methods viz. DPPH radical activity, reducing power assay, superoxide anion radical activity, TBARS, total phenolic content and tota...

Many Chinese therapeutic herbs that are traditionally used in combination demonstrate significantly better pharmacological effects when used in the combination than when used alone. However, the pharmacological mechanism for this synergism is still not well understood. In the present study, the antioxidant activities of six herbs ((Paeonia lactiflora (PL), Atractylodes macrocephala (AMA), Angel...

A free radical scavenging activity is an important property of natural dietary compounds, caffeine and caffeic acid compound widely present in many fruits, vegetables and coffee. The present study focused on determining the antioxidant activity of caffeine, caffeic acid and (caffeine + caffeic acid) through invitro antioxidant experiments. Invitro lipid peroxidtion, 1,1diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazy...