10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 7 Issue 4 2016 (October - December) The present study investigates the total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of lessThan i greaterThan Curcuma longa lessThan /i greaterThan rhizomes alcoholic (50% methanolic, 96 % methanolic) and aqueous extracts by Folin-Ciocalteu assay and DPPH assay respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between groups as determined by one-way ANOVA. Bonferroni post hoc test revealed that total phenolic contents and antioxidant activity of lessThan i greaterThan Curcuma longa lessThan /i greaterThan rhizomes was statistically significant; increasing from aqueous extract, followed by 50 % methanolic extract, and finally 96 % methanolic extract. The present study also confirms the significant and positive correlation existing between the antioxidant activity and phenolic content of lessThan i greaterThan Curcuma longa lessThan /i greaterThan rhizomes. MUTHU RAMKUMAR AND Dr. S. RAJASANKAR Phenolics, Antioxidant, Curcuma longa, Turmeric. 284-287