Abstract
Antioxidants play important role in scavenging free radicals and chain breaking of the oxidation reaction. The Indian traditional medicine largely depends on a variety of drugs synthesized from different medicinal plants and utilized for treating terminal diseases because of the presence of active chemical compounds. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the antioxidant and radical scavenging activities activity of bark extracts of Cinnamomum tamala and seed extract of Pittosporum eriocarpum. The study revealed that both the extracts have very good amount of antioxidant activities due to the presence of phenolics and flavonoids. The total phenolic contents (TPC) in extracts of C. tamala and seed extract of P. eriocarpum were 778.64±25.96 GAE μg/10 ml and 413.50±4.25 GAE μg/10 ml, respectively. Similarly, the total flavonoid contents (TFC) was 576.0833±2.08 QE mg/10 ml, respectively and 1165.27±20.97 QE mg/10 ml in the bark and seed extracts. The extracts of both species showed significant reducing power and free radical scavenging capacity which may be useful for curing various diseases.
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