ANTIOXIDANT HERBS IN INDIA: A CRITICAL REVIEW

Autor: J. Thenmozhi, K. Vignesh Babu, L. V. Vigneshwaran, M. Senthil Kumar
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Technical Research & Science. :23-29
ISSN: 2454-2024
Popis: Countless Indian restorative plants have been used in the customary arrangement of medicine like ayurveda, siddha and folk medicine since the beginning of human evolution. In the topical application, the antioxidants are widely used as innovative ingredients in the field of dermatology and also used for treating many diseases in internal application. Antioxidant is an oxidation inhibitor which affords the defense to living organism damage caused by unrestrained production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). A variety of free radical scavenging antioxidant was found in numerous herbs which especially present in India. Now a day interest is increasing to recognize antioxidant compounds throughout the world because which are pharmacologically active with not as much of or no side effects. In the present work five plants (Acorus calamus, Lantana Camara, Rauwolfia serpentine, Ocimumbasillicum, Curcuma aromatica) are reviewed for their historical, morphological, Phytochemical and pharmacological aspects.
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