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Objective: The current study investigates the potential of alcoholic extract of Wrightia tinctoria leaves and its isolates in repairing the DNA damage induced by gamma radiation. Methodology: The ethanolic extract of Wrightia tinctoria (EEWT) the leaves was subjected to in vitro anti oxidant assay by DPPH radical scavenging and hydrogen peroxide scavenging methods. He EEWT was investigated to the Micronucleus assay, spleen colony assay and comet assay in Sprague Dawley rats wherein DNA damage had already been induced by irradiation. Results: The ethanolic extract of Wrightia tinctoria leaves having good antioxidant activity. In the micro nucleus assay, a 2 Gy quantum of wholebody gamma radiation significantly enhanced the levels of micronucleated reticulocytes and this induction was substantially reversed in the extract treatment group. Results of the spleen colony assay pointed to the extract's ability to enhance the recovery of the hematopoietic system, in a dosedependent manner, following 6 Gy gamma irradiation. The decrease in cellular repair index due to enhanced DNA repair was evident from the comet assay parameters. Moreover, the isolates from ethanolic extract of Wrightia tinctoria, when imperiled to DNA protection by in vitro gamma radiation method in plasmid pBR322 DNA, abetted DNA repair at higher dose. Conclusion: The DNA protection afforded is likely attributable to free radical scavenging properties along with a potential for regenerating the immune system through repair of post irradiated DNA.

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Objective: The present study was aimed to determine cytotoxic and apoptotic activity of isatin semicarbazones against mammary carcinoma. Methodology: The preparation of these target compounds involved substitution at the third position of the isatin nucleus along with chemical modification at the nitrogen atom of the scaffold to obtain more potent derivatives. The synthesized analogs were characterized by recording their melting point and R f values along with IR, NMR and mass spectra. An antioxidant study and Cytotoxic Studies were performed by DPPH, Nitric oxide scavenging method and MTT assay methods. Results: The results revealed that all the test compounds (5a-5d) exhibited good anti oxidant activity. The synthesized compounds were then screened for in-vitro cytotoxicity by MTT cell proliferation assay method against breast cancer cell lines including MCF-7 and BT-549 with derivative 5a exhibiting maximum activity in both the cell lines. DNA fragmentation studies further indicated that 5a was involved in apoptotic process. Conclusion: Interestingly, it was observed that while all the synthesized compounds seemed active, 5a exhibited a superior ability to induce apoptosis.