Volume : III, Issue : II, February - 2014

Antioxidant Profiling of Some Important Medicinal Plants

Mona Kejariwal

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The study was aimed to understand the homeostatic balance of antioxidant enzymes (APX, GPX, CAT, GR and SOD) and metabolites among some important medicinal plants. In this study it was proved that plants maintain a “balancing strategy” in their antioxidant defense system by up regulating the activities of some antioxidant enzymes and metabolites and down regulating the others. For example, in Murraya koenigii Spreng., superoxide dismutase activity was lower then other enzyme activities while in Abutilon indicum (Linn.) Sweet., Aegle marmelos Corr. and Aloe vera Linn., it was higher then other enzyme activities. These findings will help to understand the mechanism of controlling the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and how do the antioxidant enzymes and metabolites protect the cells from injury, by scavenging reactive oxygen species in an up regulating and a vice versa system.

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Mona Kejariwal Antioxidant Profiling of Some Important Medicinal Plants International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.II February 2014

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