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Influence of dietary ginger (Zingiber officinales Rosc) on antioxidant defense system in rat: comparison with
R S Ahmed1, V Seth, B D Banerjee
1Department of Biochemistry, University College of Medical Sciences, Shahdara, Delhi 110095, India.
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology
|December 16, 2000
Abstract:
Ginger (Z. officinale; 1% w/w) significantly lowered lipid peroxidation by maintaining the activities of the antioxidant enzymes--superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase in rats. The blood glutathione content was significantly increased in ginger fed rats. Similar effects were also observed after natural antioxidant ascorbic acid (100 mg/kg, body wt) treatment. The results indicate that ginger is comparatively as effective as ascorbic acid as an antioxidant.