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Antioxidant activity of an ethnobotanically important plant Quisqualis indica Linn.

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dc.contributor.author Shah, Ariba
dc.contributor.author Khan, Zaheer ud Din
dc.contributor.author Saleem, Shanzay
dc.contributor.author Farid, Sidra
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-14T04:04:41Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-14T04:04:41Z
dc.date.issued 2019-01-14
dc.identifier.citation Shah, A., Saleem, S., & Farid, S. (2019). Antioxidant activity of an ethnobotanically important plant Quisqualis indica Linn. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 32(1). en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1011-601X
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/15053
dc.description.abstract The antioxidant potential of leaf, stem, root and flower extracts of Quisqualis indica Linn. was assessed to verify its ethnopharmacological importance. Both polar and non-polar solvents like n-hexane, chloroform, ethanol and distilled water were used to obtain crude extracts. The chloroform extract of leaves showed the maximum %age yield, i.e. 27.3% while the n-hexane extract of stem showed the minimum yield, i.e. 0.2%. Five activities including DPPH free radical scavenging activity, ABTS+ assay, Total flavonoid components (TFC), Total phenolic components (TPC) and Metal chelating Assay (MC) were employed to evaluate the antioxidant activity of the plant. The ethanol extract of inflorescence of the plant displayed most elevated DPPH potential, i.e. 452.11%. Aqueous extract of root had highest value of TEAC i.e., 7.4515 mmol. The aqueous extract of flower displayed the highest level of phenolic contents with the value of 35 in terms of GAE mg/mL. On the other hand, the chloroform extract had the highest % bound iron value of 128 and the aqueous extract of flower showed a high concentration of Flavonoids having the value 347.65mg/l of Quercetin. It has been inferred that all parts of Quisqualis indica L. possess good antioxidant potential. Differents parts showed different antioxidant potentials hence they can be used as curative agents against human and animal ailments. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Karachi en_US
dc.subject Quisqualis indica Linn en_US
dc.subject antioxidant activity en_US
dc.subject Percentage yield en_US
dc.subject ABTS radical cation assay en_US
dc.subject DPPH assay en_US
dc.subject Total Phenolic contents (TPC) en_US
dc.subject Total Flavonoid contents (TFC) en_US
dc.subject Metal Chelating assay (MC). en_US
dc.title Antioxidant activity of an ethnobotanically important plant Quisqualis indica Linn. en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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