title: Antioxidant property of Smilex china Linn.
abstract: Smilex china Linn. (Smilacaceae Syn Liliaceae) has special pharmacognostic feature as its root is multiseriate, with sclerenchymatic pericycle. The alcoholic extract of rhizome of S. china shows significant protection against FeSO4 induced lipid peroxidation in rat liver homogenate, but has no effect on the rate of oxidation of reduced glutathione. This fraction scavenges the superoxide and hydroxyl radicals, but the effect was more towards the removal of superoxide than that of hydroxyl radicals. Thus it could be concluded that rhizome of S. china has strong antioxidant property.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. yaminitripathi@epatra.com
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Upadhyay
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D010936:Plant Extracts