In vitro Antioxidant Capacity Assay of Few Selected Medicinal and Mangrove Plants

Abstract

Antioxidants are micronutrients that have gained importance due to their ability to neutralize free radicals or their actions. Antioxidants, both exogenous and endogenous, whether synthetic or natural, can be effective in prevention of the free radical formation by scavenging or promotion of their decomposition and suppression of such disorders. Natural antioxidants have been widely used in different fields of industry and medicine because of their ability to protect against cardiovascular diseases, cancer, deficiencies in immune response, age-related problems, etc. In the present study, we have evaluated the antioxidant potential of the methanolic extracts of mangroves and medicinal plants for antioxidant capacity assays.