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in vitro Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenolic Content of Rhizome Extracts from Acorus calamus Linn.

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2017.20657
Pinky Chaubey
Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, India
Archana
Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, India
Om Prakash
Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, India
Kiran Rai
Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, India
Ravendra Kumar
Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, India
A.K. Pant
Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, India

Corresponding Author(s) : Om Prakash

oporgchem@gmail.com

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 29 No. 11 (2017): Vol 29 Issue 11

Abstract

The present study describes antioxidant activities of methanolic extracts from Acorus calamus (Araceae) rhizomes. The antioxidant potential of methanolic extracts were determined by in vitro antioxidant screening models viz. DPPH radical scavenging activity, reductive ability and metal chelating activity along with the estimation of total phenolics, flavonoids and ortho-dihydroxy contents. The total phenolic, flavonoid and ortho-dihydroxy contents estimated ranged from 1.67 ± 0.288 to10.42 ± 0.180 mg/g gallic acid, 0.50 ± 0.053 to 24.50 ± 0.322 mg/g catechin and 0.43 ± 0.145 to 5.50 ± 0.552 mg/g catechol, respectively among different locations. Sample 7th was found best for antioxidant activity (reducing power 119.42 ± 0.630 μg/mL and DPPH 143.35 ± 0.74 μg/mL). The antioxidant activity of the extracts were found to be positively correlated with phenolic content. However IC50 value exhibited negative correlation resulting A. calamus is a possible potential source of natural antioxidant.

Keywords

Acorus calamus Antioxidant activity Total phenols
Chaubey, P., Archana, ., Prakash, O., Rai, K., Kumar, R., & Pant, A. (2017). in vitro Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenolic Content of Rhizome Extracts from Acorus calamus Linn. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 29(11), 2357–2360. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2017.20657
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