Issn 2249-7579
e Issn 2249-7579
Publisher JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY
Title
ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF THE STEM AND LEAVES OF PIPER BETLE
Authors
Dinanath D Patil
Head Department of Chemistry, RBNB College, Shrirampur, Maharashtra, India
Gurumeet C Wadhawa
Asst Prof in Chemistry, Post-Graduate Department of Chemistry and Research Centre, R.B.N.B. College, Shrirampur- 414 709, Maharashtra, India
Keywords
Antioxidant ,Piper betle ,root ,Leaves ,Papilionaceae ,
Abstract
Piper betle Lam is used in the traditional medicine as diuretic. In the present study, the antioxidant activity of ethanol, chloroform and ethyl acetate extract of leaves and stem of Piper betle Lam was studied and the activity was compared with DPPH and BHT as standard. By employing DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1picrylhydrazyl radical) scavenging assays, it was shown that all the ethanol extracts of leaves and stem show antioxidant activity
Volume / Issue / Year
4 , 2 , 2014
Starting Page No / Endling Page No
73 - 75
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