EVALUATION OF FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITIES OF ACHYRANTHES ASPERA LINN. EXTRACT.
- Department Of Botany, Dnyanopasak Shikshan Mandal’s, College Of Arts, Commerce and Science,Parbhani – 431 401 (M.S.)India.
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Plants and plants products have been claimed to have health-promoting effects, which may be related to the antioxidant activity in vitro. The aim of this study was to determine antioxidant activity of selected plant Achyranthes aspera Linn, in the present study, antioxidant activity of methanol extract of A.aspera was examined by comparing it to the activity of known antioxidants such as Ascorbic acid (Vit.C) along with the measurement of their total phenol content. Results showed that the inhibition DPPH radical was dependent on the concentration of the extract. We found that these plant is a very good source of antioxidant compounds.
[Vrushali Jadhav and S.D.Biradar. (2016); EVALUATION OF FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITIES OF ACHYRANTHES ASPERA LINN. EXTRACT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Aug). 912-914] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com