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An Exploration on Antioxidant Perspective of Yellow Oleander (Thevetia peruviana)
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SABA PARVEEN, TARIQUE MAHMOOD ANSARI, ANURADHA MISHRA, FAROGH AHSAN, MOHAMMAD SHARIQ, ARSHIYA SHAMIM, HARIS SIDDIQUI
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Objective: Antioxidants are used to treat or reduce the complications in various ailments. These are a
substance that contains the potential to hinder or avoid the oxidation process of another molecule. Enzymatic
antioxidants are endogenous. The most frequent endogenous antioxidant systems are catalase, superoxide
dismutase and glutathione peroxidise while non- enzymatic antioxidant are flavonoids, minerals, vitamins etc.
Thevetia peruviana is an attractive ornamental plant. Thevetia peruviana or T. peruniava is widespread in South
Asian nation chiefly in India and Sri Lanka. A number of pytoconstituents are present in the various fractions of
the plant. A few parts of the plant are used for detailed pharmacological function. Some of the plant parts like
seed kernels and flowers are poisonous and hold a diversity of cardiac glycosides with thevetin A and thevetin
B. This review assembles all the necessary information associated to antioxidant activity of T. peruviana.
Methodology: Appropriate literatures have been compiled by searching the different scientific databases with
Pubmed, ScienceDirect, Medline, and Google Scholar for Thevetia peruviana.
Result: From the vast literature searches the result evidenced that T. peruviana holds antioxidant potential.
Conclusion: This review concluded with the exploitation of T. peruviana in herbal applications.
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Thevetia peruviana, yellow oleander, antioxidant activity, free radical scavenging activity
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.02.352
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