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The presence of different extracts of antiinflammatory plants Copaifera reticulata and Heisteria pallida in a reaction medium containing calf thymus DNA in a free radical generating system protected DNA against oxidative damage in terms of deoxyribose oxidation. The highest antioxidant activity was obtained using the methanol extract of C. reticulata (IC 50 =3 g/mL), followed by the aqueous extracts of H. pallida (IC 50 = 257 g/ mL) and C. reticulata (IC 50 = 380 g/mL). Both dichloromethane extracts and the methanol extract of H. pallida showed a decreased antioxidant activity at higher concentrations. These results suggest that these extracts are capable of suppressing the in vitro oxidative degradation of DNA.

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