SCREENING OF VARIOUS BOTANICAL EXTRACTS FOR ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY USING DPPH FREE RADICAL METHOD

Authors

  • Muhammad Khurram Waqas
  • Najam-us Saqib
  • Saeed-ur Rashid
  • Pervaiz Akhtar Shah
  • Naveed Akhtar
  • Ghulam Murtaza

Keywords:

Antioxidant activity, DPPH, free-radical, Vitis vinifera, Glycin max, Tamarindus indica.

Abstract

Aiming at the exploration of herbal use by society, crude extracts of the seeds of some commonly used medicinal plants (Vitis vinifera, Tamarindus indica and Glycin max) were screened for their free radical scavenging properties using ascorbic acid as standard antioxidant. Free radical scavenging activity was evaluated using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical. The overall antioxidant activity of grape seeds (Vitis vinifera) was the strongest, followed in descending order by soybean (Glycin max) and tamarind (Tamarindus indica). The seeds extract of Vitis vinifera, Glycin max and Tamarindus indica showed 85.61%, 83.45% and 79.26%, DPPH scavenging activity respectively.

Author Biography

Muhammad Khurram Waqas

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad 22060,

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Published

2013-09-20

How to Cite

Waqas, M. K., Saqib, N.- us, Rashid, S.- ur, Shah, P. A., Akhtar, N., & Murtaza, G. (2013). SCREENING OF VARIOUS BOTANICAL EXTRACTS FOR ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY USING DPPH FREE RADICAL METHOD. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 10(6), 452–455. Retrieved from https://journals.athmsi.org/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/2098

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 6 (2013)

Section

Research Papers

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