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The nitric oxide-scavenging properties of Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761.
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Data implicate Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 as a potential therapeutic agent in conditions of altered production of nitric oxide in in vitro acellular systems.About:
This article is published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.The article was published on 1994-06-15. It has received 946 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nitric oxide & Sodium nitroprusside.read more
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Review on in vivo and in vitro methods evaluation of antioxidant activity.
TL;DR: DPPH method was found to be used mostly for the in vitro antioxidant activity evaluation purpose while LPO was found as mostly used in vivo antioxidant assay.
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Nitric Oxide Scavenging by Curcuminoids
Sreejayan,M. N. A. Rao +1 more
TL;DR: Curcumin, a compound with anti‐inflammatory and anticancer activity, inhibits induction of nitric oxide synthase in activated macrophages and has been shown to be a potent scavenger of free radicals is investigated whether it can scavenge nitricoxide directly.
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Antioxidants and antioxidant methods: an updated overview
TL;DR: Antioxidants had a growing interest owing to their protective roles in food and pharmaceutical products against oxidative deterioration and in the body and against oxidative stress-mediated pathological processes as discussed by the authors, and many studies evaluating the antioxidant activity of various samples of research interest have been conducted.
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Emerging role of polyphenolic compounds in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases: A review of their intracellular targets
TL;DR: Increasing number of studies demonstrated the efficacy of polyphenolic antioxidants from fruits and vegetables to reduce or to block neuronal death occurring in the pathophysiology of these disorders, and revealed that other mechanisms than the antioxidant activities could be involved in the neuroprotective effect of these phenolic compounds.
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Ginkgo biloba for prevention of dementia: a randomized controlled trial.
Steven T. DeKosky,Steven T. DeKosky,Jeff D. Williamson,Annette L. Fitzpatrick,Richard A. Kronmal,Diane G. Ives,Judith Saxton,Oscar L. Lopez,Gregory L. Burke,Michelle C. Carlson,Linda P. Fried,Lewis H. Kuller,John A Robbins,Russell P. Tracy,Nancy Woolard,Leslie O. Dunn,Beth E. Snitz,Richard L. Nahin,Curt D. Furberg +18 more
TL;DR: In this study, G. biloba at 120 mg twice a day was not effective in reducing either the overall incidence rate of dementia or AD incidence in elderly individuals with normal cognition or those with mild cognitive impairment.