Medicinal Chemistry

Prasad KN

Publications

• Research Article
  Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Capacities from Dacryodes rostrata Fruits
  Author(s): Tee LH, Ramanan RN, Tey BT, Chan ES, Azrina A, Amin I, Yang Bao, Lau CY and Prasad KNTee LH, Ramanan RN, Tey BT, Chan ES, Azrina A, Amin I, Yang Bao, Lau CY and Prasad KN
  
  Nowadays, people are gaining interest on natural products due to the health conscious and awareness of the side effect caused by synthetic products. Malaysia is one of the top biodiversity, which host rich diversity of indigenous fruit, which could be a potential source of nutraceutical, antioxidant and pharmaceuticals. Dacryodes rostrata is an indigenous fruit found in Sarawak, Malaysia and is reported to be rich in oil, protein, minerals and could be a potential source of natural antioxidants. Thus, in this work, antioxidant components and antioxidant capacities of the extracts of peel, pulp and seeds of D. rostrata were evaluated. Total phenolic (1008 ± 24 mg/g GAE DW) and flavonoid contents (2551 ± 37 mg/g QE DW) of the seed extracts were higher when compared to peel and the pulp extracts. In addition, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0444.1000238

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