Antiradical efficiency of 20 selected medicinal plants

References

• Arnous , A , Makris , DP and Kefalas , P . 2001 . Effect of principal polyphenolic components in relation to antioxidant characteristics of aged red wines . Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry , 49 : 5736 – 5742 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Aswatha , RHN , Shreedhara , CS , Gajera , PF and Zanwar , BS . 2008 . Antioxidant studies of aqueous extract of Phyllanthus reticulates poir . Pharmocologyonline , 1 : 351 – 364 .
   Google Scholar
• Bajpai , M , Pande , A , Tewari , SK and Prakash , D . 2005 . Phenolic contents and antioxidant activity of some food and medicinal plants . International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition , 56 : 287 – 291 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bhojak, J. (2007). In vivo and in vitro regulation of bioactive compounds in medicinally important Fabaceous plants (Ph.D. Thesis). Dept. of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
   Google Scholar
• Brand-Williams , W , Cuvellier , ME and Berset , C . 1995 . Use of the free radical method to evaluate antioxidant activity . Food Science and Technology , 28 : 25 – 30 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Calucci , L , Pinzono , C , Zandomeneghi , M and Capocchi , A . 2003 . Effects of gamma-irradiation on the free radical and antioxidant contents in nine aromatic herbs and spices . Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry , 51 : 927 – 934 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cook , NC and Samman , S . 1996 . Flavonoids-chemistry, metabolism, cardioprotective effect and dietary sources . Journal of Nutrition and Biochemistry , 7 : 66 – 76 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Finkel , T and Holbrook , NJ . 2000 . Oxidants, oxidative stress and the biology of ageing . Nature , 408 : 239 – 247 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gulçin , I , Oktay , M , Kıreçci , E and Kufrevio , I . 2003 . Screening of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of anise (Pimpella anisum L.) seed extracts . Food Chemistry , 83 : 371 – 382 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ito , N , Hirose , M , Fukushima , S , Tsuda , H , Shirai , T and Tatematsu , M . 1986 . Studies on antioxidants: their carcinogenic and modifying effects on chemical carcinogenesis . Food Chemical and Toxicology , 24 : 1071 – 1082 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kahkonen , MP , Hopia , AI and Heinonen , M . 2001 . Berry phenolics and their antioxidant activity . Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry , 49 : 4076 – 4082 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Larson , LA . 1988 . “ The antioxidant in food ” . In Free radicals and food additives , Edited by: Aruoma , OI and Halliwell , B . 129 – 150 . London , , UK : Taylor and Francis .
   Google Scholar
• Lu , F and Foo , LY . 1995 . “ Toxicological aspects of food antioxidants ” . In Food antioxidants , Edited by: Madhavi , DL , Deshpande , SS and Salunkhe , DK . 73 – 146 . New York , NY : Marcel Dekker .
   Google Scholar
• Machlin , LJ . 1984 . Handbook of vitamins nutritional, biochemical and clinical aspects , 115 New York : Dekker Inc .
   Google Scholar
• Madhavi , DL , Deshpande , SS and Salunkhe , DK . 1996 . Food antioxidants: Technological, toxicological, health perspective , 1st , 1 – 32 . New York , NY : Marcel Dekker .
   Google Scholar
• Martínez-Cayuela , M . 1995 . Oxygen free radicals and human disease . Biochimie , 77 : 147 – 161 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• May , JM . 1996 . Ascorbate recycling in human erythrocytes: role of GSH in reducing dehydroascorbate . Free Radical Biology and Medicine , 20 : 4543 – 4551 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mendiratta , S , Qu , ZC and May , JM . 1998 . Erythrocyte ascorbate recycling: antioxidant effects in blood . Free Radical and Biology Medicine , 24 : 789 – 797 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Miller , NJ and Rice-Evans , CA . 1997 . The relative contributions of ascorbic acid and phenolic antioxidants to the total antioxidants to the activity of orange and apple fruit juices and black currant drink . Food Chemistry , 60 : 331 – 337 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mosquera , OM , Correa , YM , Buitrago , DC and Nino , J . 2007 . Antioxidant activity of twenty medicinal plants from Colombian biodiversity . Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Crez, Rio de Janerio , 102 : 631 – 634 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Naik , GH , Priyadarsini , KI and Hari , Mohan . 2006 . Free radical scavenging reactions and phytochemical analysis of triphala, an ayurvedic formulation . Current Science , 90 : 1100 – 1105 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peter , KV . 2000 . Handbook of herbs and spices , 319 Cambridge : CRC Press .
   Google Scholar
• Safer , AM and Al-Nughamish , AJ . 1999 . Hepatotoxicity induced by the anti-oxidant food additive butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) in rats: an electron microscopical study . Histology and Histopathology , 14 : 391 – 406 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Souri , E. , Gholamerza , A. , Hassan , F. , Hassan , J. and Barezi , S. 2008 . Screening of Thirteen Medicinal Plant Extracts for Antioxidant Activity . Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research , 7 : 149 – 154 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Suhaj , M . 2004 . Spice antioxidants isolation and their antiradical activity: a review . Food Research Institute, Priemyselna , 4 : 824 – 875 .
   Google Scholar
• Valko , M , Leibfritz , D , Moncol , J , Cronin , MTD , Mazur , M and Telser , J . 2007 . Free radicals and antioxidants in normal physiological functions and human disease . International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology , 39 : 44 – 84 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Verpoorte , R , Heijden , VDR , Hoopen , THJG and Memelink , J . 1999 . Metabolic engineering of plant secondary metabolite pathway for the production of fine chemicals . Biotechnology Letters , 21 : 467 – 479 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar