| Literature DB >> 12189043 |
Mahesh Subramanian1, Gajanan J Chintalwar, Subrata Chattopadhyay.
Abstract
The antioxidant activity of an arabinogalactan polysaccharide (TSP) isolated from Tinospora cordifolia, an Indian medicinal plant, was studied. The polysaccharide showed good protection against iron-mediated lipid peroxidation of rat brain homogenate as revealed by the thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and lipid hydroperoxide (LOOH) assays. TSP also provided significant protection to protein against gamma-ray induced damage. The protective action can possibly be explained by its very high reactivity towards DPPH, superoxide radicals and the most damaging of radicals, the hydroxyl radical.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12189043 DOI: 10.1179/135100002125000370
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Redox Rep ISSN: 1351-0002 Impact factor: 4.412