Abstract

EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS LEAVES EXTRACT

S. Rawat*, O.P. Sati and A. Tomar

ABSTRACT

The present study was aimed at evaluating the antioxidant activities of Artocarpus Heterophyllus known for their medicinal properties in folk medicine. In an effort to reduce the undesirable consequences of synthetic food conservatives in human health and food industries, scientists have recently changed their interest to search new conservatives. Antioxidants are important inhibitors of lipid per-oxidation not only as a defense mechanism of living cells against oxidative damage but also for food preservation. The free-radical scavenging activities of prepared extracts of Artocarpus Heterophyllus were carried out using DPPH (1,1–Diphenyl-2-Picryl-Hydrazyl). The results showed that all extracts of Artocarpus Heterophyllus had radical scavenging activity. This study showed that methanolic extract of Artocarpus Heterophyllus possess maximum antioxidant activity i.e. 66.99% out of all the extracts. Further research should be carried out to isolates compounds with radical scavenging capacity for industrial applications.

Keywords: Antioxidant activity, Artocarpus Heterophyllus.Free Radical and Scavenging Activity.