Medicinal plants are traditionally used in folk medicine as natural healing remedies with
therapeutic effects such as prevention of cardiovascular diseases, inflammation disorders, or …

Oxidation is an integral part of aerobic processes of life. It involves the transfer of electrons
or hydrogen via a chemical reaction from a substance to an oxidizing agent leading to the …

Many research studies have proposed that about two‐thirds of the medicinal plant species of
the world possess significant antioxidant potential. Antioxidants are very beneficial as they …

In order to find out new sources of safe and inexpensive antioxidants, the antioxidant
capacities of 45 selected medicinal plants were evaluated using ferric reducing antioxidant …

Presently, there has been an amplified interest worldwide to identify antioxidant compounds
which are pharmacologically effective and have low or no side effects for use in preventive …

The scientific world and modern society today is experiencing the dawning of an era of
herbal medicine. Extensive research has shown that aromatic plants are important anti …

Recently, interest in plant-derived food additives has grown, mainly because synthetic
antioxidants suffer from several drawbacks. Furthermore, plant extracts have been shown to …

There is abundant evidence that oxidative stress imposed by reactive oxygen species plays
an important role in many chronic and degenerative diseases, such as atherosclerosis …

There is currently an upsurge of interest in phytochemicals as new sources of natural
antioxidants. The aim is to use them in foods and pharmaceutical preparations in order to …

Background: ANTIOXIDANT s are vital substances which possess the ability to protect the
body from damages caused by FREE RADICAL-induced oxidative stress. A variety of FREE …