Syeda Kiran Shahzad
University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Title: Evaluation of antioxidant activity of different pharmaceutical drugs
Biography
Biography: Syeda Kiran Shahzad
Abstract
Many pharmaceutical drugs possess antioxidant properties which may contribute to the protection against diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, cancer and neurodegeneration by contributing the body’s overall antioxidant defense system. The present study was aimed to evaluate the antioxidant activity of different pharmaceutical drugs by measuring reducing power, inhibition of peroxidation using linoleic acid system, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) scavenging activity, ABTS radical scavenging assay and phosphomolybdate assay. Maximum antioxidant activity was shown by Multibionta followed by Surbex > Acebex > Pregnovit > Theragran Ultra > Fefol Vitamins > Unicape > Bevidox > Revitale-B > Neurobion. The data thus obtained was statistically analyzed by using two way analysis of variance (ANOVA).