FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF WITHANIA SOMNIFERA

Antioxidants are the essential defense mechanism to protect the body against free radical damage. The objective of the study was to investigate the in vitro antioxidant activity of different parts of Withania somnifera (leaves, fresh tubers and dry tubers) towards free radical DPPH and the extent of...

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Autores principales: Sumathi, S., Padma, P.R., Gathampari, S., Vidhya, S.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557238
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description Antioxidants are the essential defense mechanism to protect the body against free radical damage. The objective of the study was to investigate the in vitro antioxidant activity of different parts of Withania somnifera (leaves, fresh tubers and dry tubers) towards free radical DPPH and the extent of inhibition of lipid peroxidation using hydrogen peroxide as prooxidant. The plant extracts exhibited significant antioxidant effect in the order as follows: leaves>fresh tubers>dry tubers. The results suggested that Withania somnifera could be a potential source of antioxidants and may be used in preparations to combat free radical mediated damage.
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spelling pubmed-33308782012-04-27 FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF WITHANIA SOMNIFERA Sumathi, S. Padma, P.R. Gathampari, S. Vidhya, S. Anc Sci Life Original Article Antioxidants are the essential defense mechanism to protect the body against free radical damage. The objective of the study was to investigate the in vitro antioxidant activity of different parts of Withania somnifera (leaves, fresh tubers and dry tubers) towards free radical DPPH and the extent of inhibition of lipid peroxidation using hydrogen peroxide as prooxidant. The plant extracts exhibited significant antioxidant effect in the order as follows: leaves>fresh tubers>dry tubers. The results suggested that Withania somnifera could be a potential source of antioxidants and may be used in preparations to combat free radical mediated damage. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2007 /pmc/articles/PMC3330878/ /pubmed/22557238 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF WITHANIA SOMNIFERA
title_sort free radical scavenging activity of different parts of withania somnifera
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