scholarly journals IN VIVO ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF LIMNOPHILA HETEROPHYLLA AND MICHELIA CHAMPACA

Author(s):  
Raja S, ◽  
Ravindranadh K.

Objective: The present study was aimed at investigating the in-vivo antioxidant activity of the methanol extracts of Limnophila heterophylla and Michelia champaca leaves.Methods: Methanol extract of both plants were administered to rats separately at three different doses of 125, 250 and 500 mg/kg for 21 d to evaluate oxidative stress parameters such as ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP), thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) and reduced glutathione (GSH) and to evaluate antioxidant enzyme levels of catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD).Results: The methanol extracts of both the plants significantly (p<0.05) elevated the ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) on days 7, 14 and 21 of treatment. Significant (p<0.05) decrease of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) levels along with an increase in the superoxide dismutase (SOD) enzyme level in the liver and kidney at three different doses both the plants was observed. Treatment at a dose of 500 mg/kg b. w of both plants caused a significant increase only in the level of CAT in the liver and kidney. However, there was no significant effect of a thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) in the heart and reduced glutathione (GSH) level in liver, heart and kidney at three different doses both the plants.Conclusion: These outcomes recommend that the leaves of Limnophila heterophylla and Michelia champaca have a potent antioxidant activity which may be responsible for some of its reported pharmacological actions. 

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Okwudili Onoja ◽  
Yusuf Ndukaku Omeh ◽  
Maxwell Ikechukwu Ezeja ◽  
Martins Ndubuisi Chukwu

Aframomum meleguetaSchum (Zingiberaceae) is a perennial herb widely cultivated for its valuable seeds in the tropical region of Africa. The present study evaluated the antioxidant effects of methanolic seed extract ofA. melegueta. The antioxidant effects were evaluated usingin vitro, 2, 2-diphenylpicrylhydrazine photometric assay andin vivoserum catalase, superoxide dismutase and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance assay method. The extract (25–400 μg/mL concentration) produced concentration dependent increase in antioxidant activity in 2, 2-diphenylpicrylhydrazine photometric assay. The extract (400 mg/kg) showed a significant (P<0.05) increase in serum catalase and superoxide dismutase activity when compared with the control group. The extract (400 mg/kg) showed a significant (P<0.05) decrease in the serum level of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance when compared with the control group. These findings suggest that the seed ofA. meleguetahas potent antioxidant activity which may be responsible for some of its reported pharmacological activities and can be used as antioxidant supplement.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 771-780
Author(s):  
He-Min Li ◽  
Ting Gu ◽  
Wen-Yu Wu ◽  
Shao-Peng Yu ◽  
Tian-Yuan Fan ◽  
...  

Background: Exogenous antioxidants are considered as a promising therapeutic approach to treat neurodegenerative diseases since they could prevent and/or minimize the neuronal damage by oxidation. Objective: Three series of lipophilic compounds structurally based on scutellarein (2), which is one metabolite of scutellarin (1) in vivo, have been designed and synthesized. Methods: Their antioxidant activity was evaluated by detecting the 2-thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) produced in the ferrous salt/ascorbate-induced autoxidation of lipids, which were present in microsomal membranes of rat hepatocytes. The lipophilicity of these compounds indicated as partition coefficient between n-octanol and buffer was investigated by ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometer. Results: This study indicated that compound 5e which had a benzyl group substituted at the C4'- OH position showed a potent antioxidant activity and good lipophilicity. Conclusion: 5e could be an effective candidate for preventing or reducing the oxidative status associated with the neurodegenerative processes.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weerakoon Achchige Selvi Saroja Weerakoon ◽  
Pathirage Kamal Perera ◽  
Dulani Gunasekera ◽  
Thusharie Sugandhika Suresh

Sudarshanapowder (SP) is one of the most effective Ayurveda powder preparations for paediatric febrile conditions. The objective of the present study was to evaluate thein vitroandin vivoantioxidant potentials of SP. Thein vitroantioxidant effects were evaluated using ABTS radical cation decolourization assay where the TROLOX equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) was determined. Thein vivoantioxidant activity of SP was determined in Wistar rats using the Lipid Peroxidation (LPO) assay in serum. Thein vitroassay was referred to as the TROLOX equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) assay. For thein vivoassay, animals were dosed for 21 consecutive days and blood was drawn to evaluate the MDA level. Thein vitroantioxidant activity of 0.5 μg of SP was equivalent to 14.45 μg of standard TROLOX. The percentage inhibition against the radical formation was50.93±0.53%. The SP showed a statistically significant (p<0.01) decrease in the serum level of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance in the test rats when compared with the control group. These findings suggest that the SP possesses potent antioxidant activity which may be responsible for some of its reported bioactivities.


2013 ◽  
Vol 634-638 ◽  
pp. 1435-1440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Wang ◽  
Li Cheng Zhong ◽  
Xue Chao Zhai ◽  
Dong Dong Yin ◽  
Xin Yu Wu

Deer blood was hydrolyzed using Alcalase with hydrolysis time ranged form 0 to 6 h, and the degree of hydrolysis (DH) of protein hydrolysates increased with increasing hydrolysis time (P < 0.05). The reducing power, radicals scavenging activities and Cu2+-chelation ability of deer blood hydrolysate (DBH) significantly enhanced with increasing hydrolysis time (P < 0.05). The antioxidant activity of DBH, indicated by thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance (TBARS) values in a liposome-oxidizing system, increased with increasing DH (P < 0.05). The results indicated that antioxidant activity of DBH depended on hydrolysis time, and the hydrolyzed deer blood could be a potent food antioxidant.


1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (2) ◽  
pp. L294-L300 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Al-Mehdi ◽  
H. Shuman ◽  
A. B. Fisher

Surface fluorometry with 40 microM hydroethidine (HE) as a probe was used to detect oxidant generation in isolated, ventilated rat lungs during lung ischemia. Ethidium fluorescence due to HE oxidation was continuously monitored with 470 nm excitation and 610 nm emission. Fluorescence increased with ischemia in O2-ventilated lungs [0.98 +/- 0.08 arbitrary fluorescence units (AFU)/min vs. 0.58 +/- 0.07 with control perfusion]. HE oxidation during ischemia was prevented by N2 ventilation but was unaltered by preperfusion with superoxide dismutase. Ethidium fluorescence in homogenate prepared from lungs subjected to 1 h of nonhypoxic ischemia was increased (16.8 +/- 1.5 vs. 9.8 +/- 0.4 AFU/mg protein in control) but was unchanged in lungs that had been N2 ventilated. Microfluorographs of HE perfused and fixed lung sections demonstrated marked generalized increases in ethidium fluorescence with ischemia compared with control perfusion. Ischemia resulted in significant increases in tissue thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (176 +/- 13 vs. 44 +/- 3 pmol/mg protein for control) and in lung conjugated dienes (0.90 +/- 0.07 vs. 0.48 +/- 0.06 U/mg protein for control), indicating peroxidation of lung lipids. These results indicate that lung ischemia leads to intracellular oxidant generation that can be continuously monitored by surface fluorometry.


2004 ◽  
Vol 286 (1) ◽  
pp. H83-H90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuyi Yuan ◽  
Keisuke Shioji ◽  
Yasuki Kihara ◽  
Hiroyuki Takenaka ◽  
Yoko Onozawa ◽  
...  

Carvedilol, a new β-blocker with antioxidant properties, has been shown to be cardioprotective in experimental models of myocardial damage. We investigated whether carvedilol protects against experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM) because of its suppression of inflammatory cytokines and its antioxidant properties. We orally administered a vehicle, various doses of carvedilol, racemic carvedilol [ R(+)-carvedilol, an enantiomer of carvedilol without β-blocking activity], metoprolol, or propranolol to rats with EAM induced by porcine myosin for 3 wk. Echocardiographic study showed that the three β-blockers, except R(+)-carvedilol, suppressed left ventricular fractional shortening and decreased heart rates to the same extent. Carvedilol and R(+)-carvedilol, but not metoprolol or propranolol, markedly reduced the severity of myocarditis at the two different doses and suppressed thickening of the left ventricular posterior wall in rats with EAM. Only carvedilol suppressed myocardial mRNA expression of inflammatory cytokines and IL-1β protein expression in myocarditis. In addition, carvedilol and R(+)-carvedilol decreased myocardial protein carbonyl contents and myocardial thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance products in rats with EAM. The in vitro study showed that carvedilol and R(+)-carvedilol suppressed IL-1β production in LPS-stimulated U937 cells and that carvedilol and R(+)-carvedilol, but not metoprolol or propranolol, suppressed thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance products in myocardial membrane challenged by oxidative stress. It was also confirmed that probucol, an antioxidant, ameliorated EAM in vivo. Carvedilol protects against acute EAM in rats, and the superior cardioprotective effect of carvedilol compared with metoprolol and propranolol may be due to suppression of inflammatory cytokines associated with the antioxidant properties in addition to the hemodynamic modifications.


1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (4) ◽  
pp. H1418-H1421 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ohtsuki ◽  
M. Matsumoto ◽  
K. Suzuki ◽  
N. Taniguchi ◽  
T. Kamada

Mitochondrial respiratory chains leak a large amount of superoxide anion radicals, which chain react with membrane phospholipid to develop lipid peroxidation. Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) is then inducible and catalyzes superoxide detoxification within mitochondria. We examined mitochondrial thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance, an end product of lipid peroxidation, and MnSOD concentration in hypertensive target organs of spontaneously hypertensive and deoxycorticosterone acetate salts-induced hypertensive rats. Normotensive rats showed significant increases in thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance and MnSOD in the brain as they matured. Mature spontaneously hypertensive and induced hypertensive rats showed a marked elevation of lipid peroxidation but no increase in superoxide dismutase in the brain. The heart and kidney presented no significant difference of lipid peroxidation and superoxide dismutase among strains, ages, and treatments. Abnormal mitochondrial metabolism of oxygen radicals was observed selectively in the brain during hypertension and may contribute to mitochondrial injury and lead to neuronal degeneration or susceptibility to brain ischemia in mature hypertensive rats.


Jurnal MIPA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Jeremy Fransisco Pakasi ◽  
Lidya I Momuat ◽  
Harry S.J. Koleangan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari aktivitas antioksidan eksrak tumbuhan suruhan Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth pada asam linoleat. Tumbuhan suruhan diekstrak dengan pelarut etanol 80% dan n-heksana dengan cara maserasi selama 48 jam. Ekstrak etanol dan n-heksana dari tumbuhan suruhan diukur kandungan total fenoliknya dengan metode Folin-ciocalteu, serta diuji aktivitas antioksidannya pada asam linoleat menggunakan metode Ferric Thiocyanate untuk menghitung persen penghambatan peroksida, dan metode Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substance untuk mengukur persen penghambatan pembentukan malonaldehida. Hasil penelitian kandungan total fenolik dalam ekstrak etanol dan n-heksana tumbuhan suruhan berturut-turut adalah 53.469 mg/kg dan 22.755 mg/kg. Aktivitas antioksidan dari ekstrak etanol tumbuhan suruhan dengan konsentrasi 100 dan 200 µg/mL dalam menghambat pembentukan peroksida berturut-turut sebesar 83.74% dan 88.80%, serta pembentukan malonaldehida sebesar 93.07% dan 93.96% pada asam linoleat.Sedangkan Aktivitas antioksidan dari ekstrak n-heksana tumbuhan suruhan dengan konsentrasi 100 dan 200 µg/mL dalam menghambat pembentukan peroksida berturut-turut sebesar 67.96% dan 73.18%, serta pembentukan malonaldehida sebesar 90.98% dan 92.00% pada asam linoleat.Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa kandungan total fenolik ekstrak etanol tumbuhan suruhan lebih tinggi daripada ekstrak n-heksana, serta aktivitas antioksidan ekstrak etanol adalah yang terbaik dalam menghambat pembentukan peroksida dan malonaldehida pada asam linoleat.This reaserchwas aimed to study the antioxidant activity of Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth on linoleic acid. The plant was extracted with 80% ethanol and n-hexane solvent by maceration for 48 hours. The content of total phenolic was measured using the Folin-Ciocalteu method and the antioxidant activity of Peperomia p. wastested on linoleic acid using Ferric Thiocyanate method to calculate the percent inhibition of peroxide and using Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substance method for measuring the percent inhibition of malonaldehyde. Total phenolic content of the ethanol extract and the n-hexane extract of Peperomia p. were 53,469 mg/kg and22.755 mg/kg respectively. The antioxidant activities of ethanol extract of Peperomia p. with concentration of 100 and 200 μg/mL in inhibition of peroxide formation were 83,74% and 88,80%, and for malonaldehyde were 93,07% and 93,96% respectively. Whereasthose of n-hexana extracts with the same concentration inhibited 67.96% and 73.18% of peroxide formation, and 90.98% and 92.00% of malonaldehyde formation. Thus,Total content of phenolics of ethanol extract is higher than that of n-hexane extract, similarly the antioxidant activity of ethanol extract is the better in inhibiting the formation of peroxide and malonaldehyde in linoleic acid than that of n-hexana extract.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bougolla Pahaye ◽  
Elisabeth Ngo Bum ◽  
Germain Sotoing Taïwé ◽  
Gwladys Temkou Ngoupaye ◽  
Neteydji Sidiki ◽  
...  

Aim. To assess memory improvement and neuroprotective and antioxidant effects ofMitragyna inermis(M. inermis) leaf decoction on the central nervous system.Methodology. Leaf decoction ofM. inermiswas tested on learning and memory in normal and scopolamine-induced cognitive impairment in mice using memory behavioral tests such as the Morris water maze, object recognition task, and elevated plus maze. Oxidative stress enzymes—catalase, superoxide dismutase, and the thiobarbituric acid reactive substance, a product of lipid peroxidation—were quantified. In each test, mice 18 to 25 g were divided into groups of 5.Results. The extract reversed the effects of scopolamine in mice. The extract significantly increased discrimination index in the object recognition task test and inflexion ratio in the elevated plus maze test. The times spent in target quadrant in MWM increased while the transfer latency decreased in mice treated byM. inermisat the dose of 196.5 mg/kg. The activity levels of superoxide dismutase and catalase were significantly increased, whereas the thiobarbituric acid reactive substance was significantly decreased after 8 consecutive days of treatment withM. inermisat the dose of 393 mg/kg.Conclusion. These results suggest thatM. inermisleaf extract possess potential antiamnesic effects.


2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kurhalyuk ◽  
H. Tkachenko ◽  
K. Pałczyńska

Resistance of erythrocytes from Brown trout (Salmo trutta m. trutta L.) affected by ulcerative dermal necrosis syndrome In the present work we evaluated the effect of ulcerative dermal necrosis (UDN) syndrome on resistance of erythrocytes to haemolytic agents and lipid peroxidation level in the blood from brown trout (Salmo trutta m. trutta L.). Results showed that lipid peroxidation increased in erythrocytes, as evidenced by high thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) levels. Compared to control group, the resistance of erythrocytes to haemolytic agents was significantly lower in UDN-positive fish. Besides, UDN increased the percent of hemolysated erythrocytes subjected to the hydrochloric acid, urea and hydrogen peroxide. Results showed that UDN led to an oxidative stress in erythrocytes able to induce enhanced lipid peroxidation level, as suggested by TBARS level and decrease of erythrocytes resistance to haemolytic agents.


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