Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries
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  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1

Antioxidant potential of the ripe fruits of Flacourtia jungomas (Lour.) Raeus.

  • Author:
  • Deepanjali Sinha1, Alok K. Srivastava2, Shakti K. Prabhuji1,, Gaurav K. Srivastava1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 81 to 83

1Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Centre, M.G. Post Graduate College, Gorakhpur-273001, India

2Department of Chemistry, M.G. Post Graduate College, Gorakhpur-273001, India

*Corresponding author e-mail: shaktiprabhuji@rediffmail.com

Online published on 9 April, 2018.

Abstract

The antioxidant potential of the ripe fruits of Flacourtia jungomas (Lour.) Raeus. was investigated. The free radical scavenging activity of the ethanol-aqueous extract was assayed using DPPH method, reducing power activity using ferricyanide method and total antioxidant activity using phospho-molybdenum method. Results indicated that the free radical scavenging activity ranged from 45.2 to 98.6; reducing power from 11.8 to 78.5 and total antioxidant activity from 0.048 to 0.187; and these results were concentration dependent. Comparison with earlier observation indicated that the ripe fruits of Flacourtia jungomas have better antioxidant potential than the unripe fruits.

Keywords

Antioxidant potential, Flacourtia jungomas, ripe fruits, DPPH