Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 1994-11-09

Antioxidant properties of dehydrozingerone and curcumin in rat brain homogenates.

D V Rajakumar, M N Rao

Index: Mol. Cell Biochem. 140(1) , 73-9, (1994)

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Abstract

The present study investigates the inhibition of lipid peroxidation by dehydrozingerone and curcumin in rat brain homogenates. Both the test compounds inhibited the formation of conjugated dienes and spontaneous lipid peroxidation. These compounds also inhibited lipid peroxidation induced by ferrous ions, ferric-ascorbate and ferric-ADP-ascorbate. In all these cases, curcumin was more active than dehydrozingerone and dl-alpha-tocopherol.