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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 58, No S2 (2021), Pagination: 84-95
Abstract
Plectranthus amboinicus is an herb which possesses antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer and antiepileptic properties and used as a traditional medicine in Southern parts of India. The study is intended to assess the antioxidant potential of the methanolic extracts of Plectranthus amboinicus leaves using different radical scavenging assays namely DPPH, ABTS, nitric oxide, hydrogen peroxide and superoxide at different concentrations (20-100 μg/ml). The results signified that the methanolic extract exhibited increased scavenging activity in the above tested assays in a dose dependent manner. Hence, Plectranthus amboinicus offers persuasive antioxidant components which might lead to the exclusion of Reactive Oxygen Species mediated ailments by scavenging free radicals or preventing the oxidation of biomolecules.
Keywords
Plectranthus amboinicus, Methanol Extract, Free Radical Scavenging.
