In-vitro Antioxidant Potential of Methanolic Extracts of Mirabilis jalapa Linn

✍ Scribed by Zachariah, Subin Mary; Aleykutty, N.A.; Viswanad, Vidya; Jacob, Sonu; Prabhakar, Visakh

• Book ID: 122892515
• Publisher: Society of Science, Biology and Medicine
• Year: 2011
• Weight: 940 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 2231-2536
• DOI: 10.5530/ax.2011.4.13

✦ Synopsis

To protect the cells and organ systems of the body against reactive oxygen species, humans have evolved a highly sophisticated and complex antioxidant protection system, that functions interactively and synergistically to neutralize free radicals. Thus, antioxidants are capable of stabilizing or deactivating, free radicals before they attack cells .Although oxidation reactions are crucial for life, they can also be damaging; hence, plants and animals maintain complex systems of multiple types of antioxidants, such as glutathione, vitamin C, and vitamin E as well as enzymes such as catalase, superoxide dismutase and various peroxidases. Low levels of antioxidants, or inhibition of the antioxidant enzymes, cause oxidative stress and may damage or kill cells.