Abstract

Cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative illness, inflammatory disease, and many other pathologies have a common denominator: oxidative stress. The situation arises from the overproduction or ineffective quenching of free oxygen and nitrogen species within the cell. Antioxidant activity, nutritional value and traditionally roots were made into a powder and applied to cut wounds where pus had formed, ethnobotanical/traditional use is as an antitumor in Maharashtra. Owing to its ethnomedicinal importance, proper identification with pharmacognostic and phytochemical details and evaluation is vital for drug development and to prevent adulteration highlights and their role in laying down standardization. The present paper discusses phytochemical and antioxidant study of Cissus woodrowii (Stapf ex Cooke) Santapau. The both extract showed occurrence of glycosides, phenolic compounds, alkaloids, flavonoids also tannin and aqueous and ethanol extract of stem and leaves showed good antioxidant properties by DPPH assay.

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