Fig. 1.

a Protective role of BME on 20 mM AAPH induced BSA oxidative fragmentation. Lane 1: BSA; lane 2: BSA + AAPH; lane 3: BSA + AAPH + 5 μg/ml BME; lane 4: BSA + AAPH + 10 μg/ml BME; lane 5: BSA + AAPH + 20 μg/ml BME; lane 6: BSA + AAPH + 40 μg/ml extract; lane 7, BSA + AAPH + 10 μg/ml Gallic acid. b The band intensity is quantified by NIH Image J analysis software. The data are presented as mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. *p < 0.05 versus the respective control group and ^# p < 0.05 versus the respective AAPH treatment