Propolis has been proposed as a polyphenolic-rich natural product potentially able to be used for human consumption or even for medicinal proposes. To guarantee a minimum phenolic and flavonoid content and as consequence of their related-biological activities, international requirements of propolis quality are commonly applied. In this work we assessed phenolic and flavonoid contents of propoli...

Aim:The present study aimed to assess the in vitro antioxidant and anticancer properties of Drosera peltata J.E.Sm. Methods:Antioxidant capacity of the extracts were tested on hydroxyl, DPPH, super oxide, nitric oxide and ABTS radicals; of ferrous ion chelating ability and by reducing power assay.Ascorbic acid was used as the standard antioxidant for the above all assay methods. Dalton’s Asciti...

In the present study, two accessions of Centella asiatica (CA03 and CA23) were subjected to gamma radiation to examine the response of these accessions in terms of survival rate, flavonoid contents, leaf gas exchange and leaf mass. Radiation Sensitivity Tests revealed that based on the survival rate, the LD(50) (gamma doses that killed 50% of the plantlets) of the plantlets were achieved at 60 ...

The primary aim of the study was to estimate the consumption of polyphenols in a population of 6661 subjects aged between 20 and 74 years representing a cross-section of the Polish society, and the second objective was to compare the intakes of flavonoids calculated on the basis of the two commonly used databases. Daily food consumption data were collected in 2003-2005 using a single 24-hour di...

Hickory (Carya cathayensis), a tree with high nutritional and economic value, is widely cultivated in China. Grafting greatly reduces the juvenile phase length and makes the large scale cultivation of hickory possible. To reveal the response mechanisms of this species to grafting, we employed a proteomics-based approach to identify differentially expressed proteins in the graft unions during th...

Teucrium polium (Labiatae) is a plant that widely grows in Iran. Some of species of Teucrium are used for a considerable range of actions in traditional medicine and T. polium has frequently been used as anticonvulsant. In this study, we investigated the protective effects of T. polium ethanolic aqueous extracts and related fractions on seizures induced by pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) and maximal e...

the antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of four major parts of methanolic extracts of tephrosia purpurea including leaves, root, stem and seed were investigated and compared. in vitro antioxidant activity of t. purpurea extracts was evaluated using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (dpph), ferric reducing antioxidant power (frap), reducing power assay and antihemolytic assay. in vitro cytotoxic ef...

Preliminary phytochemical screening was carried out for pet ether, chloroform and ethanol extracts of Holarrhena antidysentrica leaves. The extracts showed the presence of various phytocompounds like alkaloids and flavonoids. In vitro antioxidant activity was carried out with all the three extracts using DPPH assay using ascorbic acid as a standard. All the extracts had shown significant antiox...