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| SES-SP, SES SP - Instituto Butantan, SES-SP | ID: but-ib15781
Context Seaweeds are seen as a traditional food and folk medicine by different coastal countries. The red seaweed Bryothamnion triquetrum is a widely distributed species that grows in shallow waters, and different authors have demonstrated a possible application of the seaweeds as a source of natural antioxidants and relative diseases.
The antioxidant activity determined by different assays with polyphenolic fractions. Free Phenolic Acid was more active DPPH, 20 mu g 87%; Reducing power OD = 0.490, 20 g; beta-carotene/linoleic acid 1 mu g 53%, and inhibition of lipid peroxidation 0.250 mu g 100%. Rats treated displayed lower liverTBARS, ASAT and ALAT than CCl4-treated group and catalase activity was increased. It was demonstrated expression of catalase.