SCREENING AND DETERMINATION OF ANTIOXIDANT SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF PIPER LONGUM AND EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS
- Piper longum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., DPPH• , ABTS• , FRAP
Abstract
The herbal medicine is used from time immemorial to treat various common ailments like cold, cough and gastric problems. India has various system of treatment like Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homeopathy which are devoid of side effects and treat the person with higher benefits. Piper longum fruits
and Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., leaves has been used as spices and for medicinal oil preparation for various treatment. We have made an attempt to elevate the importance of these herbal sources by understanding the antioxidant scavenging activity. We have extracted and processed the plants fruit and
leaves using different solvents in 1:10 dilution such as petroleum ether, chloroform ethanol, hexane, methanol and distilled water. It was found that ethanol and methanol extract of Piper longum and Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., has higher antioxidant activity when compared with the standard Vitamin C and IC50
value was observed to be nearly 70μg/ml for all the tests