NUTRITIONAL AND ANTIOXIDANT EVALUATION OF EARTHWORM POWDER (Eudrillus euginae)
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2012, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Studies have been made to understand the nutritional, aminoacids and antioxidant concentrations in the dried powder of Eudrillus euginae, an African soil dweller. The nutritional factors such as carbohydrate, glucose, total free aminoacids, protein, vitamin A, and total phenol were determined. The individual aminoacids includes Histidine, Serine, Arginine, Methionine, Proline, Tryptophan, and Lysine was also quantified. The enzymatic antioxidants, such as Glutathione S transferase (GST), Glutathione reductase (GR), Glutathione Peroxidase (GPx), Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) and Catalase (CAT) and the non-enzymatic antioxidant like Reduced Glutathione (GSH), Vitamin C and Vitamin E were assayed. The findings of the present study reveals that the earthworm is rich in protein, carbohydrate, fat and rich antioxidants suggest that this earthworm can be used as animal protein with good source of antioxidants.
Authors and Affiliations
Anitha J. , Indira Jayraaj
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP135067
- DOI -
- Views 97
- Downloads 0
DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM OF AN ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUG
Transdermal drug delivery offers potential alternative to conventional techniques employed for administration of systemic therapeutics. The present study was aimed at the formulation of matrix type transdermal system of...
FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF SOLID DISPERSION OF LOPINAVIR BY USING DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES
Poor aqueoussolubility is the major drawback for the various types of drugs and many approaches have been introduced for the enhancement of solubility of such drugs. Solid dispersion is one of the technique adopted for t...
STUDY OF THE ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC, ANTIOXIDATIVE AND ANTIATHEROGENIC ACTIVITY OF TRITICUM AESTIVUM LINN. IN RABBIT RECEIVING HIGH FAT DIET
The aim was to study of the antihyperlipidemic, antioxidative and antiatherogenic activity of Triticum aestivum Linn. in rabbit receiving high fat diet. Twenty rabbits of either sex were taken and divided into four group...
TREATMENTS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: AN OVERVIEW
Several diagnostic procedures have been carried out for implementing a successful treatment procedure for Alzheimer’s disease. Most of the researches went in vain and many other scientists continued their researches for...
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF THE FRUIT-SEEDS MADHUCA LONGIFOLIA (KOENIG)
The investigation was carried out to study the antibacterial activity of the Madhuca longifolia(Koenig) in gram positive and gram negative organism.. Antimicrobial activity of the acetone and aqueous extracts of M.longif...