Banaras Hindu University

About: Banaras Hindu University is a education organization based out in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Dielectric. The organization has 11858 authors who have published 23917 publications receiving 464677 citations. The organization is also known as: Kashi Hindu Vishvavidyalay & Benares Hindu University.

Antioxidant activity of tannoid principles of Emblica officinalis (amla) in chronic stress induced changes in rat brain.

Abstract: Effect of tannoid principles emblicanin A, emblicanin B, punigluconin, and pedunculagin of E. officinalis was assessed on chronic unpredictable footshock-induced stress-induced perturbations in oxidative free radical scavanging enzymes in rat brain frontal cortex and striatum. Chronic stress, administered over a period of 21 days, induced significant increase in rat brain frontal cortical and striatal superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, concomitant with significant reduction in catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity. The changes in the enzyme activities was accompanied by an increase in lipid peroxidation, in terms of augmented thiobarbituric acid-reactive products. Administration of Emblica tannoids (10 and 20 mg, po) for 21 days, concomitant with the stress procedure, induced a dose-related alteration in the stress effects. Thus, a tendency towards normalization of the activities of SOD, CAT and GPX was noted in both the brain areas, together, with reduction in lipid peroxidation. The results indicate that the reported antistress rasayana activity of E. officinalis may be, at least partly due to its tendency to normalize stress-induced perturbations in oxidative free radical scavenging activity, in view of the postulate that several stress-induced diseases, including the process of aging, may be related to accumulation of oxidative free radicals in different tissues.

Inhibition of Mild Steel Corrosion in Hydrochloric Acid Solution by 3-(4-((Z)-Indolin-3-ylideneamino)phenylimino)indolin-2-one

Abstract: The inhibition effect of 3-(4-((Z)-indolin-3-ylideneamino)phenylimino)indolin-2-one Schiff base (PDBI) on mild steel corrosion in 1 M HCl solution was studied by using electrochemical techniques such as potentiodynamic polarization curves, weight loss, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and linear polarization resistance. PDBI has remarkable inhibition efficiency on the corrosion of mild steel in 1 M HCl solution. Polarization measurements indicated that PDBI acts as mixed type corrosion inhibitor. The adsorption of PDBI on the mild steel surface obeys Langmuir adsorption isotherm. These results were supplemented by atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.