Biochemistry & Physiology: Open Access
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Research Article

Antioxidant Activity of Selected Medicinal Plants of Pakistan

Taj Ur Rahman¹, Tariq Khan², Khanzadi Fatima Khattak¹, Amjad Ali⁴, Wajiha Liaqat²and Muhammad Aurang Zeb^3*

¹Department of Chemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan

²Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan

³Department of Biochemistry, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan

⁴Department of Integrated Biosciences, Cecos University, Peshawar, Pakistan

*Corresponding Author:

Aurang Zeb M
Department of Biochemistry
Hazara University, Mansehra
Pakistan
Tel: 0092-300-59-61-093
E-mail: muhammad_aurangzeb@hotmail.com

Received date June 09, 2016; Accepted date July 21, 2016; Published date July 28, 2016

Citation: Rahman TU, Khan T, Khattak KF, Ali A, Liaqat W, et al. (2016) Antioxidant Activity of Selected Medicinal Plants of Pakistan. Biochem Physiol 5:208. doi:10.4172/2168-9652.1000208

Copyright: ©2016 Rahman TU, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

In the current study an effort was carried out to investigate the fruits of some selected plants with highest antioxidant potential. For this purpose ethanolic crude extracts of selected plants fruits, frequently used for various medicinal purposes in Pakistan were subjected to 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging assay at different concentrations ranging from 100 to 500μg/ml. The results obtained revealed that the ethanolic crude extract of Juglans regia have DPPH scavenging activity of 95.42% at 500 μg/ml. This plant showed the highest DPPH scavenging capacity of all the tested plants. Elaeagnus angustifolia showed 43.90% inhibition of DPPH radical at 500 μg/ml. The ethanolic crude extract of Cydonia oblonga showed DPPH scavenging 27.18% at 500 μg/ml. The ethanolic crude extract of Morus alba showed the lowest DPPH scavenging activity (18.01%) at 500 μg/ml. The DPPH scavenging activity of ethanolic crude extract of Psidium guajava was 12.28% at 500 μg/ml, while Zizyphus jujube exhibited 19.52% inhibition of DPPH radical at the concentration level of 500 μg/ml. The DPPH scavenging activity of Phoenix dactylifera was noted as 37.98% at highest concentration. From the results obtained it is clear that the Juglans regia possess high DPPH scavenging properties. All the extracts showed maximum activities at highest concentrations. These plants needed further exploration to isolate the highly potential antioxidant compounds.

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