Antioxidant potential and total phenolic content of Leucas aspera of Sonitpur district, Assam

Baikuntha Jyoti Gogoi (1) , Jambey Tsering (2) , Hui Tag (3) , Vijay Veer (4)
(1) Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur - 784 001, Assam, India, India ,
(2) Plant Systematic and Pharmacognosy Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Itanagar - 791 112, Arunachal Pradesh, India, India ,
(3) Plant Systematic and Pharmacognosy Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Itanagar - 791 112, Arunachal Pradesh, India, India ,
(4) Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur - 784 001, Assam, India, India

Abstract

Antioxidants are capable of inhibiting oxidative reactions which produces free radicals in the body responsible for various diseases. In current decade, attention is being given on plants having antioxidant property to replace syn- thetic antioxidants. Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link (Lamiaceae), a wild edible vegetable was analyzed to determine antioxidant property of methanolic leaf extract by 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay and IC50 was calcu- lated by plotting nonlinear regression curve. The total phenolic content (TPC) was determined by Folin-Ciocalteu’s method using gallic acid as standard. L. aspera exhibit potent antioxidant property with IC50 value 54.78µg/ml. Total phenolic content was found to be 45.30 ± 0.64 mg GAE/g dry extract. L. aspera which is consumed as com- mon vegetable in Sonitpur district of Assam (India) are potent source of antioxidants and can be recommended as healthy vegetable.

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Baikuntha Jyoti Gogoi
Jambey Tsering
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Hui Tag
Vijay Veer
Baikuntha Jyoti Gogoi, Jambey Tsering, Hui Tag, & Vijay Veer. (2012). Antioxidant potential and total phenolic content of Leucas aspera of Sonitpur district, Assam. International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3(3), 376–378. Retrieved from https://ijrps.com/home/article/view/3250

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