International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
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10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12
Volume 6 Issue 1
2015 (January - March)
EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF HOMONOIA RIPARIA LOUR., KIRGANELIA RETICULATA (POIR) BAILL., PHYLLANTHUS FRATERNUS WEBSTER AND PEDILANTHUS TITHYMALOIDES (LINN.) POIT. AND ITS CORRELATION WITH THE TOTAL PHENOLIC AND FLAVONOID CONTENTS.
Plants of Euphorbiaceae are used to cure various diseases in traditional systems of medicine. For present study, lessThan i greaterThan Homonoia riparia, lessThan /i greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan Kirganelia reticulata, Phyllanthus fraternus lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Pedilanthus tithymaloides lessThan /i greaterThan were selected on the basis of their availability and antimicrobial activity. Plant phenolics and flavonoids are known to possess antioxidant activity. Hence, it was decided to evaluate the antioxidant activity of these extracts and correlate it with the total phenolic and flavonoid contents of the same. The antioxidant activity and total phenol and flavonoid contents were determined by the standard methods. The results showed that the highest antioxidant activity and the total phenolic and flavonoid contents were observed in DMSO extract of lessThan i greaterThan P. fraternus lessThan /i greaterThan . There was a positive correlation between the total antioxidant capacity and total phenolic and flavonoid contents in all the extracts. The IC lessThan sub greaterThan 50 lessThan /sub greaterThan values obtained indicated maximum antioxidant potential in the extract of male flowers of lessThan i greaterThan H. riparia lessThan /i greaterThan .
UJWALA C. BAPAT AND DEEPALI R. MHAPSEKAR
Antioxidant activity, Homonoia riparia, Kirganelia reticulata, Phyllanthus fraternus, Pedilanthus tithymaloides, phenols
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