Awareness about antioxidant activities of chlorogenic acid among dental students

Nithyanandham Masilamani (1) , Dhanraj Ganapathy (2)
(1) Department of Prosthodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, India ,
(2) Department of Prosthodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, India

Abstract

Chlorogenic Acid (CA) is the formation of an ester established among caffeic and quinic acid. CA contains hydroxyl based groups over an aromatic moiety and exhibits very effective anticancer, antimutational and antioxidant activities.  This survey was performed for assessing the awareness about antioxidant activities of CA amongst dental students. A cross-sectional survey was performed with a pretested questionnaire with ten questions disseminated among 100 dental students. The questionnaire assessed the awareness about CA therapy, their dietary sources, medicinal uses, antioxidant activity, anti ischaemic activity and free radical scavenging effect of chlorogenic acid. The responses were recorded and analyzed. 7% were aware of dietary sources,5% were aware of medical uses, 5% were aware of mechanisms of antioxidant activity, 4 % were aware of the anti ischaemic activity, and 5% were aware of the free radical scavenging effect of chlorogenic acid. Awareness about the usage of CA therapy is very less among dental students. Increased awareness programs and sensitization programs should be conducted to improve the awareness levels.

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Nithyanandham Masilamani
Dhanraj Ganapathy
dhanrajmganapathy@yahoo.co.in (Primary Contact)
Nithyanandham Masilamani, & Dhanraj Ganapathy. (2020). Awareness about antioxidant activities of chlorogenic acid among dental students. International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 11((SPL 3), 757–759. Retrieved from https://ijrps.com/home/article/view/2644

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