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Oct 20, 2008Keywords:
lipid peroxidation protein oxidation medicinal plants Bamun toxic hepatitis.
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Inhibition Of Microsomal Lipid Peroxidation And Protein Oxidation By Extracts From Plants Used In Bamun Folk Medicine (Cameroon) Against Hepatitis
Abstract
The antioxidant activities of 53 medicinal plants used in Bamun Folk Medicine for the management of jaundice and hepatitis were investigated. The studies were done using rat hepatic microsomes for lipid peroxidation and bovine serum albumin (BSA) for carbonyl group formation. Silymarine was used as reference compound. Fifteen different extracts were effective at a dose of 200μg/ml in both experiments. Specifically, 25 extracts inhibited lipid peroxidation initiated non-enzymatically by ascorbic acid while 18 inhibited
peroxidation as determined by reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate (NADPH). The inhibitory concentration 50 (IC50) of 23 different plant extracts was lower than 200μg/ml in the microsomal lipid peroxidation inhibition study. Fifteen of the 23 extracts were active in preventing protein oxidation by inhibiting the formation of the carbonyl group on BSA with an IC50 value less than 200μg/ ml. The results
suggest that the antioxidant activity of the extracts, may be due to their ability to scavenge free radicals involved in microsomal lipid peroxidation or in protein oxidation. These biochemical processes are involved in the aetiology of toxic hepatitis.
Keywords: lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation, medicinal plants, Bamun, toxic hepatitis.
African Journal of Trad, Comp and Alternative Medicine Vol. 5 (3) 2008: pp. 278-289
