Published on July 2016 | Botany

Comparison of in vitro antioxidant activities among tanduliya (Amaranth sps.)

The family Amarantaceae has got potent antioxidant property and in the present study antioxidant properties of the ethyl acetate extracts of Amarantus viridis L. and Amarantus spinosus L. were evaluated by different in-vitro experiments including DPPH radical assay, Total antioxidant assay and Reducing activity assay for ascorbic acid equivalents, Total Phenolic content and Total flavonoid content. The present study revealed that Amarantusspinosus L. extract exhibited the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity (IC50 value of 295.2 μg/ml), Total antioxidant activity (0.25±0.02), Total flavonoid contents (1.50±0.340mg/gm) and Amarantus viridis L. extract showed highest Reducing power activity (1.25±0.11),Total phenol content (8.68±0.403mg/gm). The results obtained in the present study indicate that the leaves of Tanduliya showed potential antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity.