PHYTOCHEMCIAL SCREENING AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA MILL FLOWERS
N. Tejamanikanta, N. Suni Kumar, K. Vasavi, M. Srinu, Sk. Abdul, Ch. Saibabu, Ch. M.M. Prasada Rao* and N. Naidu
ABSTRACT
Calotropis Gigantea is a member of the Apocynaceae family is used in folk medicine for different types of diseases. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the anti oxidant activity of the ethanolic extract of Flowers of Calotropis Gigantea Mill. The anti microbial, analgesic and anti inflammatory activity antioxidant activity of extract was done by using the DPPH method against the standard ascorbic acid, anti microbial activity with ofloxacin and analgesic anti inflammatory activity using Paw oedema volume method. Here the extract shows activity at higher concentration against the standard
ascorbic acid.
Keywords: Calotropis Gigantea, anti microbial, anti inflammatory, anti oxidant activity, DPPH activity.
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