Abstract

TOTAL PHENOLICS & FLAVONOID CONTENT OF THE LEAVES OF CARICA PAPAYA & SYZYGIUM CUMINI

Swati Kabra* and Shivam Patel

Abstract

The present study is aimed to determine the total phenolics & total flavonoid content in the aqueous leaf extracts of two plants namely Carica papaya (papaya) & Syzygium cumini (black plum). To determine the flavonoid content Aluminium chloride colorimetry method was used and to determine phenolics content Folin-Ciocalteu assay was used. Both the plants revealed significant amount of phenolics & flavonoids and black plum leaves have shown more amount of phenolics and flavonoids compared to papaya leaves. As both plants leaves have significant phenolics and flavonoids content they can be beneficial to mankind and can be further explored for their medicinal properties.

Keywords: Carica papaya, Syzygium cumini, flavonoid, phenolics, Aluminium chloride, Folin-Ciocalteu.