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- Title
In vitro antioxidant potential of stem of Amaranthus viridis - A medicine used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine.
- Authors
Faiz, Nadhirah; Priya, V. Vishnu; Ponnulakshmi, R.; Gayathri, R.; Shyamaladevi, B.; Madhan, K.; Manikannan, M.; Selvaraj, J.
- Abstract
Aim: The study was aimed to assess the antioxidant potentials of Amaranthus viridis stem extract by 2, 2-Diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, nitric oxide (NO) radical, and superoxide anion scavenging activity. Materials and Methods: A. viridis plant was collected from local market and stem was separated and shade dried. Aqueous extract of the stem of the plant was done as per the standard methods. Then, the antioxidant properties of A. viridis such as DPPH radical, NO anion, superoxide anion, and free radical-mediated DNA damage assays were analyzed spectrophotometrically by previously published methods. The data were analyzed using computer-based software by oneway Analysis Of Variance. In this, the significance is considered at the level of P < 0.05. Results: DPPH radical, NO radical, and superoxide anion radical scavenging activity was found to be increased in a dose-dependent manner. Conclusion: The present findings indicate that A. viridis can be used as a potential antioxidant for the treatment of various diseases.
- Subjects
AYURVEDIC medicine; AMARANTHS; PHENOL content of food; RADICAL anions; PLANT phenols; NITRIC oxide; DNA damage
- Publication
Drug Invention Today, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 5, p1148
- ISSN
0975-7619
- Publication type
Article