1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dolphin PG Institute of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
2Department of Biochemistry, Dolphin PG Institute of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
3Department of Chemistry, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: deepsingh2304@gmail.com
Online published on 3 March, 2023.
The use of herbal medicine for the treatment of diseases from centuries in all over the world because of safety, efficacy, cultural acceptability and lesser side effects. In comparison of herbal medicine, synthetic medicines have side and toxic effects. That is why herbal medicines have huge demand and popularity in world market. In the present study different extracts of leaves of Xanthium strumarium were prepared and evaluated their antioxidant potential. Evaluation of antioxidant activity is done by DPPH method. All extract were tested for presence of phytoconstituents i.e., alkaloid, carbohydrate, sterols, proteins, amino acids, saponin, and phenolic compounds in different extracts. From the results, we foundout that acetone and methanol extracts were the richest extract for phytoconstituents. Acetone extract showed maximum antioxidant potential (54.01±1.09%).
Antioxidants, Xanthium strumarium, DPPH, Ascorbic acid
