Phytochemical Analysis and Antioxidant Activity of Aqueous Peel Extract of Ficus carica (fig extract) by DPPH, Nitrous Oxide Method

摘要

The nature has provided abundant sources for all the living creatures, which possess medicinal virtues. Natural products have been the basis for the treatment of human diseases. In many developing countries of the world, plant based drugs are used for primary healthcare. The main aim of present study is to open new avenues for the improvement of medicinal uses of some desired plants for the selected area for antioxidant activity. For this assessment dried methanol extract of those plants were subjected to free radical scavenging activity by using ascorbic acid as standard antioxidant. Free radical scavenging activity was evaluated using 2,2diphenyl - 1-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) free radical. The results revealed that leaf extracts of Artabotrys hexapetalus, Oncoba spinosa and Cascabela thevetia showed 83.17%, 63.46% and52.99% DPPH scavenging activity respectively.