Abstract

Summary Phytochemicals in fruits, vegetables, spices and traditional herbal medicinal plants have been found to play a protective role against many human chronic diseases including cancer and cardiovascular diseases. These diseases are associated with oxidative stress caused by excess of free radicals and other reactive oxygen species. Fractions rich in flavonoids obtained from S. hispida seeds were orally administered at three different doses of 20, 40 and 80 mg/kg BW to HFD fed rats. The antioxidant activity of a flavonoid-rich fraction was measured both in vitro and in vivo. The flavonoid-rich fraction

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