PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF MAHONIA LESCHENAULTII WALL. AND PAVONIA ODORATA WILLD LEAVES.
- Department of Botany, Government Arts College, Coimbatore-18.
- Department of CRISM, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil nadu,
- Department of Biotechnology, SNR & Sons College Coimbatore.
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Medicinal plants being the effective sources of both traditional and modern medicines are genuinely useful for primary health care system. In the present study the leaves of potential medicinal plant M. leschenaultii and P. odorata were subjected for phytochemical screening and evaluation of Antioxidant Activity. Phytochemical screening of petroleum ether and aqueous extracts clearly showed the presence of certain important secondary metabolites. Among the four extracts, the petroleum ether and aqueous extract was found to be more potent than other extract. The antioxidant activity of the plant extracts were determined by using phospho-molybdenum assay, Nitric oxide free radical scavenging assay and FRAP assay. The results of the present study clearly indicated that aqueous extract showed better nitric oxide free radical scavenging activity in M. leschenaultii at concentration of 1000 mg/ml of extract, and followed by the other two assays in the same plant showed highest rate of antioxidant activity.
[Rajalakshmi P, Vadivel V, Subashini G, and Pugalenthi M. (2016); PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF MAHONIA LESCHENAULTII WALL. AND PAVONIA ODORATA WILLD LEAVES. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (May). 1751-1757] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
