Abstract

STUDY ON ANTI-SOLAR ACTIVITY OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF LEAVES OF IPOMOEA BATATAS LINN

Pawar D. B.*, Doijad R.C., Sankpal P.S., Pawar D.A

Abstract

The sunlight which stimulates melanin and the pigment that acts as the skin natural sunscreen. But excessive radiations of sunrays are unprotected and leading to painful sunburn or other skin related complication. The aim of this work was to evaluate UV absorption ability of Ipomoea batatas Linn in view of a possible application as maceration process and method was performed by UV visible spectrophotometry in range of 200-400 nm for this plant. The finalize result of extract was reported as maximum absorbance at 324 nm while the moderate absorbance at 260- 350 nm.

Keywords: Ipomoea batatas Linn, Anti-solar, Spectroscopy