10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 3 Issue 4 2012(October - December) The study evaluated the lessThan i greaterThan in vitro lessThan /i greaterThan iron chelating, lipid peroxidation inhibitory and DNA protective activities of hydroalcoholic (60% ethanolic) extracts of various plant parts of lessThan i greaterThan Terminalia chebula lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Caesalpinia crista lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Cajanus cajan lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Terminalia belerica lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Emblica officinalis lessThan /i greaterThan , and lessThan i greaterThan Tinospora cordifolia lessThan /i greaterThan . The iron chelating property of the plants is in accordance with the order of their IC lessThan sub greaterThan 50 lessThan /sub greaterThan values following the trend lessThan i greaterThan T. chebula lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan T. belerica lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan E. officinalis lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan C. cajan lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan T. cordifolia lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan C. crista lessThan /i greaterThan . The inhibitory activity of lipid peroxidation of the plant extracts followed the order lessThan i greaterThan T. belerica lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan E. officinalis lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan T. chebula lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan C. cajan lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan T. cordifolia lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan C. crista lessThan /i greaterThan . All the plants showed reasonable DNA protective ability in the order lessThan i greaterThan T. chebula lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan E. officinalis lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan T. belerica lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan C. crista lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan C. cajan lessThan /i greaterThan greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan T. cordifolia lessThan /i greaterThan . These results furthermore strengthen the antioxidant potential of the plants, through their iron chelating abilities. R. SARKAR AND N. MANDAL In vitro iron chelation, Lipid peroxidation, DNA breakdown, hydroalcoholic extract, medicinal plants 282-291