Antioxidants are among the most popular health-protecting products, sold worldwide without prescription. Indeed, there are many reports showing the benefits of antioxidants but only a few questioning the possible harmful effects of these "drugs". The normal balance between antioxidants and free radicals in the body is offset when either of these forces prevails. The available evidence on the ha...

three native turkish medicinal and aromatic plants (artemisia absinthum, artemisia santonicum and saponaria officinalis) were investigated to analyze their antioxidant activity, total phenolic content and antimicrobial activity. their total antioxidant activity was determined by using a β-carotene bleaching assay and their antimicrobial activity was determined by utilizing an agar disc diffusio...

background: thalassemia represents a serious health problem in iran because of its heterogeneous frequency and the existing endogamy system. it is an inherited blood disease characterized by the under production of normal hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. materials and methods: in this study, serum antioxidants including selenium (se), zinc (zn) and copper (cu) were me...

conclusions the results showed that the effect of l. acidophilus is time-dependent. materials and methods antioxidant biomarkers, such as total antioxidant power (tap), measured with the frap (ferric-reducing ability of plasma) method, were evaluated at 24, 48, and 72 hours. results the results showed that extracts and bacteria of l. acidophilus were able to significantly increase tap after 24 ...