ABSTRACT

Antioxidants are the phytochemicals that have the ability to trap free radicals. They could be either synthetic or natural. These compounds scavenge the free radicals such as per-oxide, hydroper-oxide or lipid per-oxyl and they inhibit the oxidative mechanisms. Free radicals generated in aerobic metabolism are involved in a series of regulatory processes such as cell proliferation, apoptosis, and gene expression. Antioxidant activity of ethanolic extracts of aerial part and leaf callus has been evaluated by using DPPH assay. Leaf callus (IC50 77.01%) showed significant antioxidant activity compare to areiral part (IC50 53.02%) of the plant Mollugo pentaphylla L. This may be due to higher concentration of secondary metabolites present the in leaf callus, this is confirmed with DPPH IC50 of vitamin C as standard (85.03%). Keywords: Aerial part, Antioxidant activity, DPPH, leaf callus and Mollugo pentaphylla L.
Publication date: 01/02/21

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.2.5337