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In vitro evaluation of antioxidant activity of Caryota mitis Lour. Leaves extracts

Research Authors
Islam A Abdelhakim*, Afaf M Abdel-baky and Dauod W Bishay
Research Department
Research Journal
Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
Research Publisher
NULL
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
6(5)
Research Website
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320585204_In_vitro_evaluation_of_antioxidant_activity_of_Caryota_mitis_Lour_Leaves_extracts
Research Year
2017
Research Abstract

Free radicles surly attack different tissues of the body causing serious cell damage and various
inflammatory conditions. As a result, there is an urgent need for discovery of new and safe antioxidants
of natural sources. DPPH• radicle scavenging assay is an accurate and precise spectrophotometric method
used for determination of antioxidant activity, this depends on the measurement of degree of DPPH•
color change from violet to yellow spectrophoto metrically. When this technique was applied on the total
and different extracts in addition to two pure flavonoids isolated from the leaves of Caryota mitis Lour., the result revealed that the plant exhibited strong antioxidant activity relative to that of standard ascorbic acid which open the field for industrial formulation of new and safe antioxidant product.