Relative Antioxidant Activity of Common Indian Herbs

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Padma S Vankar ◽  
Jyoti Srivastava

Ten Indian herbs (Manjisth, Tagar, Kulfa, Khuskhus, Gokharu, Carrot, Kasni, Bathua, Soya ke Beej, Pudina), popularly used for medicinal purpose, were extracted in sonicator by methanol and water for the estimation of polyphenols and flavonoids. Antioxidant capacities (AOC) of extracts were evaluated based on their ability to scavenge the DPPH radical and FRAP Assay. The results showed that methanolic extract of all the plant materials had very high antioxidant activity. Amongst them, Pudina extract in the methanol showed highest value of AOC by both FRAP and DPPH methods (33 percent and 1.36 mg QEq / 100 g). Total phenol and flavonoids content were also evaluated for these extracts. It varied from 0.8736 to 6.3918 mg GAE / 100 g and 0.3642 to 1.9876 mg QE / 100 g. Total ash content and acid insoluble content of soya showed highest value i.e. 14.55 percent and 92.92 percent.

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Eduardo Rodríguez Aguirre ◽  
William Alejandro Andrade Barreiro ◽  
William Alejandro Andrade Barreiro ◽  
Fabio Eduardo Diaz Lopez ◽  
Fabio Eduardo Diaz Lopez

<p>B<em>occonia frutescens </em>es un árbol pequeño, posee hojas profundamente lobuladas y con borde dentado, las flores están agrupadas en panículas terminales pendulares, las semillas son de color negro brillante con una cubierta carnosa de color anaranjada. Es nativa de América, es conocida con los nombres vulgares de: Sarno, Palo Amarillo o Trompeto. <strong>Objetivos: </strong>Evaluar la actividad antioxidante de extractos y fracciones de hojas de Bocconia frutescens por los métodos DPPH• y ABTS•+. <strong>Métodos: </strong>las fracciones obtenidas por soxleth con solventes de diferente polaridad de hojas, fueron evaluadas a concentraciones de 25, 62.5, 125 y 250 mg/LMeOH para determinar la actividad antioxidante por los métodos DPPH• y ABTS•+. <strong>Resultados: </strong>Para los extractos por el método decoloración del radical DPPH• el Porcentaje de Captación se encontró entre 47.6 y 57.7 a 250 mg/LMeOH y para las fracciones entre 45.4 y 54.1 mg/LMeOH, a 250 mg/LMeOH. Por el método decoloración del radical ABTS•+. Para los extractos el porcentaje de Captación se encontro entre 89.7 y 99.7 a 250 mg/LMeOH y para las fracciones entre 68.5 y 99.6 mg/LMeOH. <strong>Conclusiones: </strong>las fracciones de acetato de etilo y metanol presentaron una alta actividad antioxidante al ser evaluadas por las técnicas ABTS•+ y DPPH• , la técnica ABTS•+ se presento mayor sensibilidad.</p><p>Abstract</p><p>Bocconia frutescens is a small tree, has deeply lobed and serrated edge leaves, flowers are grouped in pendulous panicles terminal, seeds are shiny black with a fleshy covering of orange color. It is native to America, is known under their common names: Sarno, Palo Amarillo or Trompeto. Objectives: Evaluate the antioxidant activity of extracts and fractions of leaves Bocconia frutescens by DPPH• and ABTS•+ methods. Methods: the fractions obtained by Soxhlet with solvents of different polarity of leaves, were evaluated at concentrations of 25, 62.5, 125 and 250 mg / LMeOH to determine the antioxidant activity by DPPH• and ABTS•+ methods. Results: Extracts for the bleaching method DPPH• radical the Percent Uptake was between 47.6 and 57.7 to 250 mg / LMeOH and fractions between 45.4 and 54.1 mg / LMeOH, to 250 mg / LMeOH. By the method of coloration radical ABTS•+. Extracts for the percentage uptake was found between 89.7 and 99.7 and fractions between 68.5 and 99.6 mg / LMeOH, to 250 mg / LMeOH. Conclusions: The fractions of ethyl acetate and methanol have a high antioxidant activity to be evaluated by the ABTS•+ and DPPH• techniques, the technique ABTS•+ present higher sensitivity.</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 061-066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce Mamani ◽  
Jorge Chávez ◽  
Eder Apumayta ◽  
Patricia Gil-Kodaka

In Peru, Caulerpa filiformis is a marine algae listed as an invasive species. For years, its distribution has been considered to be in the north coast (Isla Lobos de Afuera and Piura) until a recent report of its distribution in the central coast (Ancash, Lima, and Ica). The present investigation aims to determine the main groups of secondary metabolites, total phenol content, and antioxidant activity of the methanolic extract of C. filiformis from Sechura Bay (Piura) and Paracas Bay (Ica). The main chemical groups were determined through phytochemical screening, the content of phenols by the Folin–Ciocalteu method, and antioxidant activity by the ABTS method (2,2-azinobis-[3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid]) and 2,2′-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). The phytochemical screening of the methanolic extract of C. filiformis from Sechura Bay and Paracas Bay revealed the presence of carbohydrates, polyphenols, tannins, flavonoids, lipids, alkaloids, steroids, and triterpenes for both extracts. The total phenol content of the extract of C. filiformis from Sechura Bay (39.31 ± 0.39 mg of AGE/g extract) was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that from Paracas Bay (18.78 ± 0.31 mg of AGE/g extract). In the ABTS and DPPH assays, the antioxidant capacity of the Sechura C. filiformis extract (IC50 = 3.49 ± 0.01 and 2.18 ± 0.02 mg/mL) was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that of the Paracas C. filiformis extract (IC50 = 6.41 ± 0.02 and 2.42 ± 0.04 mg /mL). These findings suggest that the methanolic extract of C. filiformis is a source of secondary metabolites with an antioxidant potential.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-51
Author(s):  
Sukardi Sukardi ◽  
Noer Iqbal Arief Iqbal ◽  
Sri Winarsih

Abstrcact Jamu Selokarang is one of the traditional drinks originating from an area, namely Madura, the ingredients used in the manufacture of Jamu Selokarang are turmeric, ginger, ginger, betel leaf, soursop leaves, cloves, nutmeg, coriander, temu ireng and ginger. The ingredients used in the manufacture of herbal medicine selokarang contain a lot of antioxidants and essential oils. Testing is needed to determine the antioxidant activity contained in the herbal medicine selokarang. This study aims to determine the effect of substitution of jamu selokarang on antioxidant compounds, total phenols, flavonoids, ash content and water content. This study used a simple completely randomized design method (simple CRD) with a single factor, namely the black cumin formulation of 0%, 2%, 4%, 6% and 8% which were included in jamu selokarang. The research was repeated 3 times. The parameters observed were: water content, ash content, antioxidants, total phenols, and flavonoids. The results showed that the substitution had a significant effect on water content, ash content and antioxidant activity, while the total phenol and flavonoid analysis had no significant effect. Treatment 0% black cumin had water content of 2.68%; Ash content of 7,90%; DPPH anti-oxidant for 49.08%; antioxidant FRAP 26.25 μgAAE / mL; total phenol was 2.05 μgGAE / mg, and total flavonoids was 0.91 μgQAE / mg.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
I Gusti Ayu Atyantha Danawati ◽  
Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Anom Jambe ◽  
I Gusti Ayu Ekawati

The purpose of this research to find the effect of the comparison of pregelatinization red rice flour with wheat flour on the characteristics of crackers and also to find the best ratio of red rice flour with wheat flour to the characteristics of crackers. This study used a Compeletely Randomized Design (CRD) with a comparison of red rice flour pregelatinization with wheat flour consisting of 6 treatment namely 0% : 100%;10% : 90%; 20% : 80%; 30% : 70%;40% : 60%; 50% : 50%. The treatment repeated 3 times, so that resulting in 18 experimental units. The resulting data is analyzed with variance and if the inter treatment effect on the observed variance, then continue with Duncan test. The result showed that pregelatinization red rice flour and wheat flour significantly affected to water content, protein content, total phenol, and antioxidant activity in crackers and had no significant effect on ash content. The comparison ratio of 50% pregelatinazation red rice flour with 50% wheat flour produces crackers with the best characteristics, namely: water content of 1.15%, ash content of 1.73%, 10.30% protein content, total phenol 158.83% and 45.17% antioxidant activity colour very like, texture crispy, overall liked, aroma,taste and overall acceptance like. Keywords : crackers, red rice, pregelatinized, wheat flour


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riza Shabrina ◽  
Berna Elya ◽  
Arikadia Noviani

Objective: This study aimed to fractionate the antioxidant activity of the ethyl acetate leaf extract and to characterize the most active fractionsaccording to compound groups.Methods: The ethyl acetate extract was fractionated with column chromatography using a gradient elution system. Fractions were first screenedqualitatively for antioxidant activity before active fractions were quantified with respect to in vitro antioxidant activity using the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assay and the ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay. The compound groups were identifiedfollowing separation by thin-layer chromatography.Results: Fraction 11 exhibited the greatest DPPH radical-scavenging activity, with an IC50 value of 6.58 μg/mL, while the fraction with the greatestantioxidant activity according to the FRAP assay was fraction 10, with a ferric ion equivalent antioxidant activity value of 1015.34 μmol/g.Conclusion: Compound group identification revealed that Fractions 10 and 11 contained flavonoids, with two common to both fractions, whilefraction 10 also contained one specific flavonoid.


Author(s):  
NAGENDAR SHETTY ◽  
V. HARIKA ◽  
SUMITRA LOKRAS

Objective: This study was examined to in vitro antioxidant activity and Total Phenol and Flavonoids content analysis of methanolic root extract of Eleutherococcus senticosus (Siberian ginseng). Methods: 1,1-dephenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl free radical scavenging and FRAP assay propose that antioxidant activity of methanol root extract because of reducing capacity of the antioxidant against oxidative effects of reactive oxygen species. Results: Scavenging activity of Siberian ginseng root RC50 value was shown 713.42±11.55 µg/ml and reducing power 0.13±0.01 mmol/g was investigated. In addition, total phenol 12.6±1.13 mg GAE/g DW and total flavonoids 9.8±0.20 mg QE/g DW were recorded. Conclusion: Although all tests were performed in vitro assay, these results recommend that Siberian ginseng root may be a good source of antioxidant ingrediant.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 2392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdirahman Elmi ◽  
Rosella Spina ◽  
Arnaud Risler ◽  
Stéphanie Philippot ◽  
Ali Mérito ◽  
...  

Water extract of Acacia seyal bark is used traditionally by the population in Djibouti for its anti-infectious activity. The evaluation of in vitro antibacterial, antioxidant activities and cytotoxicity as well as chemical characterization of Acacia seyal bark water and methanolic extracts were presented. The water extract has a toxicity against the MRC-5 cells at 256 μg/mL while the methanolic extract has a weak toxicity at the same concentration. The methanolic extract has a strong antioxidant activity with half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 150 ± 2.2 μg/mL using 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and IC50 of 27 ± 1.3 μg/mL using 2,2′-azino-bis 3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS) radical methods. For ferric reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP) assay, the result is 45.74 ± 5.96 μg Vitamin C Equivalent (VCE)/g of dry weight (DW). The precipitation of tannins from methanol crude extract decreases the MIC from 64 µg/mL to 32 µg/mL against Staphylococcus aureus and Corynebacterium urealyticum. However, the antioxidant activity is higher before tannins precipitation than after (IC50 = 150 µg/mL for methanolic crude extract and 250 µg/mL after tannins precipitation determined by DPPH method). By matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) analysis, the results showed that the condensed tannins consist of two types of catechin and gallocatechin-based oligomers. The fractionation led to the identification of three pure compounds: two flavanols catechin and epicatechin; one triterpene as lupeol; and a mixture of three steroids and one fatty acid: campesterol, stigmasterol, clionasterol, and oleamide.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-240
Author(s):  
Wilfred O Obonga ◽  
Charles O Nnadi ◽  
Chinonye C Chima ◽  
Sunday N Okafor ◽  
Edwin O Omeje

This study evaluated the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of Marantochloa leucantha (Marantaceae). The in vitro antioxidant activity of the extracts and solvent fractions was evaluated by 1,1-diphenyl- 2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging and ferric reducing antioxidant potential (FRAP) assay models and in vivo anti-inflammatory activity by the rat paw edema model. The phytochemical screening indicated the presence of tannins, terpenoids, steroids, flavonoids, reducing sugar and phenolics. The antioxidant assay showed that all the extracts exhibited high antioxidant activity comparable with ascorbic and gallic acid controls. In DPPH model, a 250 μg/ml EtOAc fraction of the leaves showed antioxidant activity of 93.9 ± 1.7 % (EC50 0.82 μg/ml) and a 1000 μg/ml of same stem fraction produced 91.9 ± 0.3 % activity (EC50 1.38 μg/ml). In the FRAP model, EtOAc fraction exhibited 31.1±0.7 and 92.0 ± 2.2 μM Fe2+/g of dried leaves and stem, respectively at 1000 μg/ml FeSO4 equivalent. The anti-inflammatory potential of the plant showed that the crude stem extract and fractions at 200 - 600 mg/kg exhibited significant (p < 0.01) dose-related inhibition of paw edema in rats. A 200 mg/kg EtOAc fraction showed 18.8 % inhibition compared to 31 % observed in diclofenac-treated rats in 2 h post albumin challenge. These findings validated the folkloric use of this plant in the treatment of diseases associated to the oxidative stress and could further provide promising lead compounds with potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. 18(2): 233-240, 2019 (December)


2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-163
Author(s):  
Anjuman Ara Begum ◽  
Md Mosiul Haque ◽  
Mahfuzul Islam ◽  
Sukalyan Kumar Kundu

Flemingia macrophylla locally known as ‘Charchara’ in Bangladesh is a medicinal herb. Being a member of the Fabaceae family it claims a number of medicinal uses including hypoglycemic activity, neuroprotective effect and gynecological remedies. Methanolic extract of F. macrophylla was investigated to evaluate its antioxidant and general toxic properties in this study. Antioxidant potential was evaluated using total antioxidant capacity, total phenol contents, total flavonoid contents and DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) assays. Both leaf and stem extracts of F. macrophylla were found to possess significant amount of phenolics and flavonoids, expressed as gallic acid equivalents (GAE) and quercetin equivalent (QE), respectively. Interestingly total phenol content was equal for both leaf and stem extract and it was 43.8 mg GAE/g. Total flavonoid content was found to be 64.4 and 39.1 mg QE/g for leaf and stem extract, respectively. The total antioxidant capacity was expressed as ascorbic acid equivalents (AAE) and for leaf it was 5.067 mg/gm AAE and for stem 0.8167 mg/gm AAE. DPPH scavenging activity was determined by comparing with ascorbic acid. The IC50 values were 19.95, 125.89 and 707.94 ?g/ml for ascorbic acid, leaf and stem extract, respectively. The results of the present study on methanolic extracts of F. macrophylla revealed the presence of moderate antioxidant activity and extract of leaves produced better results than stem of the plant. In brine shrimp lethality bioassay, methanolic extract of F. macrophylla exhibited insignificant cytotoxicity. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bpj.v16i2.22298 Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Journal 16(2): 159-163, 2013


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Hai Bang ◽  
Hiroto Suhara ◽  
Katsumi Doi ◽  
Hiroya Ishikawa ◽  
Katsuya Fukami ◽  
...  

Twenty-nine mushrooms collected in the mountainous areas of Nepal were analyzed for antioxidant activity by different methods, including Folin-Ciocalteu, ORAC, ABTS, and DPPH assays. Intracellular H2O2-scavenging activity was also performed on HaCaT cells. The results showed that phenolic compounds are the main antioxidant of the mushrooms. Among studied samples,Inonotus andersonii, andPhellinus gilvusexhibited very high antioxidant activity with the phenolic contents up to 310.8 and 258.7 mg GAE/g extracts, respectively. The H2O2-scavenging assay on cells also revealed the potential of these mushrooms in the prevention of oxidative stress. In term of ACE-inhibition, results showed thatPhlebia tremellosawould be a novel and promising candidate for antihypertensive studies. This mushroom exhibited even higherin vitroACE-inhibition activity thanGanoderma lingzhi, with the IC50values of the two mushrooms being 32 μg/mL and 2 μg/mL, respectively. This is the first time biological activities of mushrooms collected in Nepal were reported. Information from this study should be a valuable reference for future studies on antioxidant and ACE-inhibitory activities of mushrooms.


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