BACKGROUND Cornus officinalis, is a deciduous tree native to the eastern Asia, distributes mainly in (e.g. Korea, as well as China, and Japan). It is used as folk medicine to backache, polyuria, hypertension and nervous breakdown. Pharmacological studies have demonstrated that C. officinalis possess anti-oxidant, anti-hyperglycemic, and immune regulatory effects. However, reports on the antioxi...

Skin diseases can get natural therapies from medicinal plant-based products. In this study, a topical cream was formulated ethanol extract of Acacia sieberiana, beeswax and Vitellaria paradoxa (shea) butter. GC-MS characterization with co-injection the revealed Stearic acid (31.43%), Palmitic (23.15%), Oleic (21.44%) Linoleic (16.20%) as major components. Seven phenolic conpounds were identifie...

The amounts of Reactive oxygen species (ROS) become higher by strenuous exercises which consume larger in active muscles. Since these ROS directly injured muscles, the high concentration involves muscle fatigue. Thus, an immediate scavenging system is desired. Monascus pigment (MP) physiologically substances scavenge ROS, it may be a clue to save injury. However, there are no reports examining ...

BACKGROUND Glutamate (an endogenous excitatory neurotransmitter) at high concentrations contributes to the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Aronia melanocarpa (A. melanocarpa) berries contain anthocyanins and have high antioxidant activities. In this study, we evaluated whether A. melanocarpa berries could protect neuronal cells against glutamate-induced oxidative stress. METHOD A. ...

The exopolysaccharide secreted by Lacticaseibacillus paracasei subsp. SS-01 strain (LP-EPS) is isolated and purified from yogurt. It a polysaccharide with branched multi-stranded structure, which exists in smooth rod-like or cloud-like state, possesses good thermal stability molecular weight of 49.68 kDa (±4.436%). LP-EPS shows high antioxidant capacity, anti-inflammatory anti-sensitizing activ...

The plant Cardaria draba (L.) Desv. subsp. (Brassicaceae), is traditionally used for various ailments in different cultures. We investigated solvent extracts such as methanol, ethanol, and water obtained from flowers, leaves, stems, roots of C. their chemical composition, well antioxidant enzyme inhibition activities acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), ?-glucosidase, ?-am...

The antioxidant potentials for fourteen multipurpose traditional herbal preparations sold in South Africa were determined using the DPPH radical scavenging, ferric reducing power and β-carotene-linoleic acid model system, the anti-HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme inhibitory effects using an ELISA kit and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme inhibition using the microtitre plate assay. Nine...

results a significant higher serum pab value was observed in shift working and daytime nurses (152.28 ± 43.64 hk) in comparison to the control group (63.64 ± 34.41 hk index), p value = 0.001. in day time nurses, also serum pab between male (119.09 ± 47.14 hk) and female (162.53 ± 37.02 hk) in nursing workers was significant, p value = 0.005. in the night shift working nurses, there was also a s...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are natural byproducts of oxidative respiration that are toxic to organs and tissues. To mitigate ROS damage, organisms have evolved a variety of antioxidant systems to counteract these harmful molecules, however in certain pathological conditions these protective mechanisms can be overwhelmed. We have recently demonstrated that Peptide Inhibitor of Complement C1 (...