Planta Med 2011; 77 - PL70
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1282719

Antioxidant activity of Jasminum malabaricum – A medicinal plant from Western Ghats

PJ Hurakadle 1, SS Gadkar 2, HV Hegde 3
  • 1Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, KLE University Collge of Pharmacy, Nehrunagar, Belgaum-590 010, Karnataka, India
  • 2Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, KLE University Collge of Pharmacy, Nehrunagar, Belgaum-590 010, Karnataka, India
  • 3Regional Medical Research Centre, ICMR, Belgaum-590 010, Karnataka, India

Jasminum malabaricum Wight belonging to the family Oleaceae is endemic to Western Ghats of India. It is a climber with white flowers and fragrance, which is known for its ethnomedicinal importance as blood purifier and anti-tumor properties. The extensive exploitation of this species has led to reduction of its natural population. In the present study the leaves and stems were subjected for continuous shaking extraction (CSE) and microwave assisted extraction (MAE) using methanol. The antioxidant studies were performed with various concentrations of methanolic extract by DPPH and FRAP radical scavenging assay. The leaf extract showed significant activity (i.e. 92.86±00.08% for CSE and 80.21±00.14% for MAE) for DDPH method and for FRAP method the results showed significant activity (i.e. 4241.40±212.07 for CSE and 5547.40±277.37 for MAE) at concentration 0.2% which was compared with the standard ascorbic acid.

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