DEVELOPMENT OF A GREEN FLUORESCENT REPORTER PLASMID FOR THE BIO-ASSAY OF ANTI-OXIDANT COMPOUNDS

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) cause cell damages through protein oxidation leading to pathological processes like cardiovascular disease neurological degeneration and cancer (1). Antioxidants molecules, due to their ability to scavenge and neutralize free radicals, might play a pivotal role in the prevention of these disease. Interestingly, besides neutralizing ROS, it’s now proved that some promising antioxidant molecules, including green tea...