International Journal of
Genetics and Molecular Biology

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Genet. Mol. Biol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9863
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJGMB
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 137

Full Length Research Paper

Antioxidants/antioxidative agents and superoxide: An electrochemical monitoring device

M. Mohammad1*, A. Dar1, M. Tahir Soomro2, M. Tariq1 and M. Latif1
1Reactive Intermediates – Free Radical Chemistry Group. International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan. 2Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry; Technical University of Graz, Graz-8010, Austria.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 02 September 2009
  •  Published: 30 September 2009

Abstract

A simple but elegant electrochemical (cyclic voltammetric) device was developed to detect antioxidative property of various substances (pure compounds, extracts of spices etc.). It was employed to investigate the presence of antioxidants / antioxidative agents, in some common herbal and medicinal plant products, for example saffron, clove, herbal tea etc. The concentration of such substances showing antioxidative property was estimated and they were categorized as per the voltammetric responses of some known antioxidants. The effectiveness / relative effectiveness of the antioxidants / antioxidative agents was also investigated. 

 

Key words: Antioxidants, superoxide, saffron, herbal tea, clove, cyclic voltammetry.

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