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VOL. 6, ISSUE 4 (2021)
A study on preliminary phytochemical screening and antioxidant activity of Capparis divaricata L
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P K Siva, M Sathish, T Parvathi, M Arumugam
Abstract
Plants are being played an important role by their medicinal values in food and pharmaceutical industries for human welfare like disease prevention and treatment. The currents study characterizes the preliminary Phytochemical and antioxidant activity of Capparis divaricata by using colorimetric, and spectrophotometric assays. Results revealed that the methanolic leaf extracts of C. divaricata (Caperbush) displayed the highest content of total phenols (26.6 mg gallic acid per gram of plant dry weight), flavanoid (52.6 mgRE/g extracts), and tannins (16mg GAE/g DW). The highest antioxidant capacity was measured by DPPH, hydrogen radical scavenging activity, and total antioxidants (26.29µg/ml, 161.26gDMSO/g extract, 17.61 mg GAE/g DR respectively) methods were also obtained in C.divaricata leaf extracts. Such potent antioxidant activity of C.divaricata leaves can be attributed to the presence of different types of phenolic compounds and the high content in tannins, phenolic, and flavonoids were found to be dominant. Consequently, despite the well-known antioxidant properties of these plant species, our study suggests C.divaricata leaf can be used more valuable plant source of natural bioactive molecules for developing novel functional food-pharma ingredients for the betterment of human society.
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Pages:235-238
How to cite this article:
P K Siva, M Sathish, T Parvathi, M Arumugam "A study on preliminary phytochemical screening and antioxidant activity of <em>Capparis divaricata</em> L ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 235-238
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