ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND FT-IR ANALYSIS OF AND LEAF AND SEED METHANOLIC EXTRACTS.

Journal: African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: (family- Solanaceae), has a long history of being used as herbal medicine. These medicinal effects have been attributed to the phytochemicals present in the plant leaves and seeds, in particular alkaloids, flavonoids and phenolic compounds. The objective of this study was to investigate the methanolic leaf and seed extracts of (DLP-I & DSP-I) and (DLP-M & DSP-M) for their total phenolic, flavonoids and antioxidant properties.

Authors

  • Khushboo Bhardwaj
    Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India.
  • Sanjiv Kumar
    Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India.
  • Sudarshan Ojha
    Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India.