Biological Activity of Merremia emarginata Crude Extracts in Different Solvents

摘要

The plant Merremia emarginata (Burm. f.) Hallier f., belongs to Convolvulaceae family, In traditional medicinal system, different parts of M. emarginata have been mentioned to be therapeutically used as deobstruent, diuretic, for cough, headache, neuralgia and rheumatism. In the present study, biological activities of different solvent extracts isolated from M. emarginata were tested. Hexane (IA), ethyl acetate (IB), methanol (IC) and aqueous methanol (25%) (ID) extracts of M emarginata were examined. Antioxidant properties of the extracts were studied by DPPH (l,l-Diphenyl-2-Picrylhydrozyl) radical scavenging activity method and superoxide radical scavenging activity method.