Abstract Background Breast cancer ranks top among newly reported cases and most of the women suffers from breast cancer. Development target therapy using phytochemicals with minimal side effects is trending in health care research. Phytochemicals targets complex multiple signalling events are pleiotropic nature. Thus, present study was conducted to check effectivity curcumin analogues (Capsaici...

The type of thermal processing either roasting or boiling gave an effect on the antioxidant quality of ginger (Zingiber officinale Ross) rhizome extracts.It was found that 6 minutes of either roasting or boiling gave the best effect of its antioxidant activity. This condition was shown by the free radical activity of extract of roasted samples: 84.21 ± 0.18% and 83.59 ± 0.52% for the boiled one...

Zingerone (ZO), a dietary phenolic compound was investigated for its ability to protect against radiation-induced oxidative stress and DNA damage in Chinese hamster fibroblast cells (V79). Cells treated with optimal dose of ZO (25 μg/ml), 1 h prior radiation exposure resulted in a significant (P<0.01) elevation of cell survival and decreased the genotoxicity (micronuclei and comet assays). Furt...