Evaluation and Comparison of Antioxidant Potential of β -Glucan from Bacillus Cereus LVK13 with Synthetic Antioxidants
Subramaniam Rajendran Yamuna*, Raja Girija, Anandhakumar Brindhalakshmi, Lakshminarayanan Vijayakumar and Sundaramoorthi Pavithra
Department of Biotechnology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam - 638401, Tamil Nadu, India Corresponding author's Email: yamunasrbtbit@gmail.com,
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/2056
ABSTRACT: β-Glucan, a homopolymer of glucose which contains mainly β-(1,3)-d-glucan, was extracted from Bacillus cereus LVK13 using ethanol precipitation. β-glucan was considerably privileged for its biological importance on comparison with other polymers. As oxidative stress is contemplated to be one of the fundamental causative for various diseases and aging, the antioxidant activity of β-glucan was investigated to estimate hidden unfamiliar perks associated with β-glucan in this study. This survey was shaped to compare the scavenging effect of β-Glucan from Bacillus cereus LVK13 with that of synthetic antioxidants like ascorbic acid and butylated hydroxyl toluene via DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl) radical scavenging assay. The result of this study showed that isolated β-Glucan extract of Bacillus cereus LVK13 possesses significant antioxidant properties
KEYWORDS: Oxidative stress; β-Glucan; BHT; DPPH; Bacillus cereus LVK13
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Copy the following to cite this article: Yamuna S. R, Girija R, Brindhalakshmi A, Vijayakumar L, Pavithra S. Evaluation and Comparison of Antioxidant Potential of β -Glucan from Bacillus Cereus LVK13 with Synthetic Antioxidants. Biosci Biotech Res Asia 2016;13(1) |
Copy the following to cite this URL: Yamuna S. R, Girija R, Brindhalakshmi A, Vijayakumar L, Pavithra S. Evaluation and Comparison of Antioxidant Potential of β -Glucan from Bacillus Cereus LVK13 with Synthetic Antioxidants. Biosci Biotech Res Asia 2016;13(1). Available from: https://www.biotech-asia.org/?p=7758 |