FOLK USE AND ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL DETERMINATION OF ZANTHOXYLUM RHETSA DC. SHOOT-A HIGHLY UTILIZED HOT SPICE FOLK VEGETABLE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA
AbstractZanthoxylum rhetsa DC. shoot is highly priced and one of the most preferred folk vegetable among the Indigenous people of Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is also used as folk medicinal purpose among the Adi tribe of the state. The methanol extract of shoot were evaluated for total phenolic content (Folin-Ciocalteu’s method), total flavonoid content (colorimetric method) and antioxidant potential ((DPPH & ABTS). Folk use, various mode of cooking, demand as vegetable in the local market is also discussed in this paper. The methanol extract contains considerable phenolic (117.95±3.22 mg GAE/g) and flavonoid (120.14±2.31 µMRE/g) with no much significant correlation between the total content of phenolic and flavonoid and antioxidant potential was found as IC50 value of 271±3.5µg/ml were recorded in ABTS assay and IC50 value of 306± 4.21µg/ml was found in DPPH assay.
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Temin Payum*, A.K. Das , Rama Shankar , C. Tamuly and M. Hazarika
Department of Botany, J.N College , Pasighat, East Siang District, P.O. Hill Top - 791103, Arunachal Pradesh, India
teminpayum519@gmail.com
13 July, 2013
26 August, 2013
17 November, 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.4(12).4597-02
01 December 2013
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