title: Antioxidative activities of medicinal plants from TCM.
abstract: As a natural antioxidant resource, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been paid much more attentions than before. The studies on its antioxidative activity have also increased dramatically in recent years. Abundant studies on TCM show that some TCM can increase body's activity of antioxidant enzymes, enhance body's ability of scavenging free radicals and decrease the generation of lipid peroxide (LPO) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in the body etc. The action mechanism of TCM is closely related to its active constituents, including polysaccharides, quinines, flavonoids, saponins, alkaloids, terpenes, phenolic acids compounds and tannins etc. Through referring to related reports on TCM, in the last 20 years, this paper reviews literatures involved in antioxidation research on TCM. Antioxidative mechanism, functional property and application prospect of some active constituents with antioxidation in TCM are discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Food and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
authors.forename: Qi-Mei
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jian-Guo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000187:drug effects; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D008054:Lipid Peroxides