Ovary is a dynamic organ and generates excess amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during follicular growth, development, maturation and ovulation [1]. The increased level of ROS is scavenged by antioxidant systems [2]. A moderate increase of ROS could be beneficial for oocyte meiotic maturation and reproductive outcome [3-5]. Overproduction of ROS or depletion of enzymatic antioxidant syste...

Germination of seeds is a complex process linked to various molecular and biochemical changes that increase the nutritional value. This research has studied impact germination on enzymatic non-enzymatic antioxidant activities five domestic staple legumes from Pakistan: chickpea, mung bean, soybean, lentil, peanut. The maximum moisture content was recorded for i.e., 11.7 ± 0.05 g 100 g−1 followe...

Oxidative stress induced by alloxan is implicated in eliciting pathological changes in diabetes mellitus. This study was undertaken to determine the effect of P. edulis aqueous leaf extract on oral administration at a concentration of 200 mg/kg body weight for 30 days to alloxan treated animals. Liver and kidney were excised and used for biochemical studies like invitro lipid peroxidation, enzy...

Background:In recent years, the use of chemicals in agriculture, industry, and public health has become so common that the environment is continuously contaminated by the toxic substance-like metals. Aluminum released due to anthropogenic activities such as mining and industrial uses. Aluminium has several industrial uses. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of aluminium ch...

Free radicals produce detrimental effects on target molecules, like increased lipid, protein and DNA peroxidation, which can be inhibited or delayed by antioxidant substances. D-003 is a mixture of high molecular weight sugarcane wax acids that has shown to inhibit lipid peroxidation (LP) in animal models and healthy volunteers. Grape seed extracts (GSE), rich in flavonoids, have demonstrated p...

introduction throughout their life cycle, plants are subjected to various types of environmental stresses which include salinity, water deficit, temperature extremes, toxic metal ion concentration and uv radiation. these environmental factors limit the growth and productivity of plants to various degrees, depending upon severity of stress. heavy metal toxicity is one of the major current enviro...