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International Journal of Pharmacology

Year: 2007 | Volume: 3 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 48-54
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2007.48.54
Restorative Effect of Asparagus racemosus on Age Related Oxidative Damage in Heart Lysosome of Aged Rats
Sivanandham Velavan and Vava Mohaideen Hazeena Begum

Abstract: In the present study, we have evaluated the salubrious role of asparagus racemosus root extract (ARRE) on accumulation of oxidative damage products such malondialdehyde (MDA), protein carbonyls (PCO), lysosomal marker enzymes acid phosphatase and cathepsin D activity, aging marker lipofuscin and membrane bound H+ ATPase activity in heart lysosome of aged rats. Male albino rats of Wistar strain were divided into four groups: Group 1, young control rats; Group 2, young rats treated with ARRE (500 mg kg-1 b.wt.) for four weeks; Group 3, aged control rats; Group 4, aged rats supplemented with ARRE (500 mg kg-1 b.wt.) for four weeks. Present results, thus, revealed that ARRE has inhibiting effect on the accumulation of age-related oxidative damages and restored the enzyme activity and decreased the lipofuscin content in heart lysosomes. This restorative activity of ARRE mainly attributed to the presence of enriched therapeutic phytochemical constituents, which act synergistically to alleviate the indices of oxidative stress, associated with aging.

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Sivanandham Velavan and Vava Mohaideen Hazeena Begum, 2007. Restorative Effect of Asparagus racemosus on Age Related Oxidative Damage in Heart Lysosome of Aged Rats. International Journal of Pharmacology, 3: 48-54.

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