Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries

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  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 2

Investigation of antioxidant activity of Cinnamomum tamala and Pittosporum eriocarpum in Central Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya, India

  • Author:
  • Pooja Kumari1, Sher Singh Samant1,, Sunil Puri2, Rosy Kundra1, Kaushalya Devi1
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 161 to 168

1G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Himachal Regional Centre, Mohal Kullu-175126, Himachal Pradesh, India

2Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Science, Bajhol, Solan-173229, Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

Antioxidants play important role in scavenging free radicals and chain breaking of the oxidation reaction. The Indian traditional medicine largely depends on a variety of drugs synthesized from different medicinal plants and utilized for treating terminal diseases because of the presence of active chemical compounds. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the antioxidant and radical scavenging activities activity of bark extracts of Cinnamomum tamala and seed extract of Pittosporum eriocarpum. The study revealed that both the extracts have very good amount of antioxidant activities due to the presence of phenolics and flavonoids. The total phenolic contents (TPC) in extracts of C. tamala and seed extract of P. eriocarpum were 778.64±25.96 GAE μg/10 ml and 413.50±4.25 GAE μg/10 ml, respectively. Similarly, the total flavonoid contents (TFC) was 576.0833±2.08 QE mg/10 ml, respectively and 1165.27±20.97 QE mg/10 ml in the bark and seed extracts. The extracts of both species showed significant reducing power and free radical scavenging capacity which may be useful for curing various diseases.

Keywords

Antioxidant, total phenolic contents, total flavonoid contents, medicinal plants, radical scavenging activity, Himachal Pradesh