Assessment of Antioxidant and Total Polyphenolic  Content of Some Plants of Euphorbiaceae Family

Prof. I. P Tripathi; Mahendra Kumar; Chinmayi M; Ruchita T; Arti K; Pranav T; Ved Prakash S; Richa Gangele; Krishna Bihari

Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2013

Assessment of Antioxidant and Total Polyphenolic Content of Some Plants of Euphorbiaceae Family

Prof. I. P Tripathi, Mahendra Kumar, Chinmayi M, Ruchita T, Arti K, Pranav T, Ved Prakash S, Richa Gangele, Krishna Bihari

Abstract :

Plant and herbs are being used as traditional medicines since a very long time to cure various diseases as well as in the fields of agriculture, veterinary etc. Various phytochemical and pharmacological studies have clearly shown multidisciplinary usages of these plant derived phyto–medicines. In the present work four plants of family Euphorbiaceae (Jatropha curcas, Euphorbia hirta, Euphorbia neriifolia and Ricinus communis) have been analyzed for their polyphenolic and antioxidant activity. Euphorbia hirta was found to be strong antioxidant because it showed highest percentage DPPH scavenging activity (67.56 %, IC50 value 61.34 ± 0.0004) microgram/ ml. E. neriifolia and R. communis also showed antioxidant activity lower than Euphorbia hirta (62.83%, IC50 value 58.00 ± 0.0003 microgram/ ml and 51.35 % IC50 value 98.00 ± 0.0006 respectively). While J. curcas is a moderate antioxidant as it showed the lowest DPPH scavenging activity i.e. 40.87μg/ml. R. communis showed maximum polyphenolic content(25.36±0.0003μg/ml) whereas least amount of polyphenols was presented in E. neriifolia plant(5.36±0.0005μg/ml). Quantity of polyphenols present in J. curcas and E. hirta were less than R. communis and higher than E. neriifolia (21.34±0.001μg/ml and 14.97±0.0085μg/ml) respectively