Abstract

“ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF AEGLE MARMELOS LEAVES”

Bhavna Devi* and Krishan Pal

Abstract

Herbal drug product has a special place in the world of pharmaceuticals. Aegle marmelos is an important medicinal plant of India. Aegle marmelos has been shown to possess multifarious medicinal properties such as antipyretic, antidiabetic, antioxidant, anticancer, antiviral, antifertility and healing activity. They provide abundant natural antioxidants which are virtually important for human health. It is used in traditional medicine for a variety of purpose, in treating gastrointestinal disorders. The great future potential of this plant has created a need for an antioxidant assay. Which can conform its anti-oxidant activity. The main objective of this research work to establish the antioxidants property of aegle marmelos leaf in water, ethanol, methanol solvents extracts. In the present study aegle marmelos leaf extracts on water, ethanol methanol solvents were subjected to antioxidant studies such as DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl).

Keywords: Aegle marmelos, Antioxidant, DPP.