Antioxidant capacity in <i>Lepidium latifolium</i> suggested by total phenols, total flavanoids, reducing and chelation power in different leaf positions and roots at three different locations of Ladakh.

<p>mg GAE g⁻¹: milligram gallic acid equivalents per gram dry weight of sample; mg QE g⁻¹: milligram quercetin equivalents per gram dry weight of sample; <i>A₇₀₀</i>: absorbance at 700 nm. Each value is a mean of a triplicate analysis performed on different samples. * represents statistically significant values among rows whereas, different letters represents significant statistical variations at <i>p≤0.05</i> among columns.</p

Position wise analysis of total protein, phenols, flavanoids and antioxidant capacity of leaves and roots in <i>Lepidium latifolium</i>.

<p>mg g-1 FW: mg protein (BSA) per gram fresh weight; mg GAE g⁻¹: milligram gallic acid equivalents per gram dry weight of sample; mg QE g⁻¹: milligram quercetin equivalents per gram dry weight of sample; Each value is a mean of all the values obtained for similar position at different locations. * represents statistically significant values among columns at <i>p≤0.05</i></p

Representation of the major glucosinolates in native plant species of <i>Lepidium latifolium</i> in Ladakh.

<p>Values represent the average of all the three locations.</p

DNA protective activity of methanolic plant extracts of <i>Lepidium latifolium</i>.

<p>Panel ‘A’ represents 1.2% agarose gel stained with ethidium bromide visualised under UV whereas, panel ‘B’ represents Integrated Density Values (IDV) of bands using densitometry analysis. P: plasmid; FR: Fenton's reaction; K: Kargil; L: Leh; N: Nyoma.</p

Total crude protein as observed in Kargil (□), Leh (∥∥) and Nyoma (▪) using Bradford reagent.

<p>Means with the different letter represents statistically significant values at <i>p≤0.05</i> using ANOVA.</p

Percentage (%) fatty acid composition of <i>Lepidium latifolium</i> from different locations of Ladakh.

<p>C12:0, lauric acid; C14:0, myristic acid; C15:0, pentadecanoic acid; C16:0, palmitic acid; C16:1 n-7, palmitoleic acid; C18:0, stearic acid; C18:1 n-9, oleic acid; C18:2 n-6, linoleic acid; C18:3 n-3, linolenic acid; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; Cox: calculated oxidizability value. Each value is a mean of a duplicate analysis performed on different samples.</p

Antioxidant activity of methanolic plant extracts of <i>Lepidium latifolium</i> at Kargil (□), Leh (∥∥) and Nyoma (▪).

<p>Panel ‘A’ represents superoxide, panel ‘B’ represents hydroxyl and panel ‘C’ represents DPPH radicals. Antioxidant activity was represented as % inhibition of respective free radicals * represents statistically significant values at <i>p≤0.05</i>.</p

Total glucose content as observed in Kargil (□), Leh (∥∥) and Nyoma (▪) by the action of glucose oxidase.

<p>Means with the different letter represents statistically significant values at <i>p≤0.05</i> using ANOVA.</p

Relative proportion of methanolic fraction in different position of leaves and roots of <i>Lepidium latifolium</i> expressed as percentage of total amount of crude extract used for the fractionation (n = 3).

<p>Each value is a mean of a triplicate analysis performed on different samples.</p

Elemental analysis in leaves and roots of <i>Lepidium latifolium</i> from three different locations of Ladakh.

<p>%C: percentage carbon; %H: percentage hydrogen; %N: percentage nitrogen; %S: percentage sulfur; N:S: nitrogen to sulfur ratio. Each value is a mean of a duplicate analysis performed on different samples.</p