International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences
Volume (2) - Issue (6), 2017 pp 311-314
Title
Antioxidant properties of Pisonia alba plant leaf extract
Author
Tamizhazhagan, V., Pugazhendy, K., Sakthidasan, V. and Jayanthi, C.
Abstract
The methonolic extract of the leaves of Pisonia alba (PA) were subjected to phytochemical analysis by standard qualitative analysis and the invitro antioxidant activity was evaluated by determination of total antioxidant capacity, 1.1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity, Antioxidant activity, Nitric oxide potential. The analyses revealed that the methanol extract of Co was able to efficiently scavenge the free radicals in a dose dependant manner. The results were compared with the standard antioxidant ascorbic acid. Thus, further research may be warranted to study active compounds of P. alba that confer the antioxidant activity. The findings presented here might have implications in the population disease prevention field.
Keywords
Pisonia alba, DPPH, Total antioxidant, Nitric oxide scavenge, Methanol.
Article History
Received on 08/11/2017, Accepted on 20/11/2017, Published on 25/11/2017