IN-VITRO ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL OF SELECTED NUTRACEUTICALS
AbstractThe current study involves evaluation of antioxidant potential of selected nutraceuticals like barley grass juice (Hordeum vulgare L.), ethanolic extracts of cashew apple (Anacardium occidentale L.) and sea lettuce (Ulva reticulata F.) in in-vitro experimental model using goat liver slices at different concentrations (100, 200, 400, 800 and 1600 mg/kg, p.o). The oxidative stress was induced using hydrogen peroxide, and the levels of lipid peroxidation (LPO), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, and reduced glutathione (GSH) were measured. Rutin was used as a standard. Barley grass juice, ethanolic extracts of cashew apple and sea lettuce have dose-dependently ameliorated the LPO, an indicator of membrane damage caused by oxidative stress. The selected nutraceuticals have significantly improved the levels of antioxidant enzymes like SOD, catalase, and GSH. Although the present study reported the antioxidant potential of the selected nutraceuticals, it still needs to be explored in different test systems employing different inducers.
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1426-1432
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English
IJPSR
T. Jhansyrani, D. Sujatha, P. Rupasree, K. Bharathi and K. V. S. R. G. Prasad *
Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
kvsrgprasad@gmail.com
06 July 2018
22 October 2018
23 October 2018
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.10(3).1426-32
01 March 2019
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