EVALUATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF SOME WILD FRUITS BY IN-VITRO ASSAYS
AbstractThe present study aimed to evaluate bioactive compounds and total antioxidant activity of differentfruits viz Phyllanthus emblica, Limonia acidissima, Syzygium cumini, Artocarpus hirsutus, Carissa congesta, Anacardium occidentale. Phytochemical study confirms the presence of carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, cardiac glycosides, steroids, terpenoids and flavonoids in all the fruit extract. Ascorbic acid was used as a standard antioxidant. The reducing power and total antioxidant activity were high in Phyllanthus emblica and low in Carissa congesta. In DPPH assay Phyllanthus emblica exhibited highest activity whereas A.hirsutus showed lowest activity. Thus the study suggests that Phyllanthus emblicafruit is a better source of natural antioxidant, which might be helpful in preventing oxidative stress related damage
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233-238
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IJPSR
Nayak Srividya * and M. Chandra
Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal 576104, Karnataka, India
vidya221@gmail.com
23 May, 2014
07 August, 2014
20 September, 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.6(1).233-38
01 January, 2015
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