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Kavita Patel*
Medicinal plants are traditional uses mainly based on their antioxidant property. Here present work mainly focuses on the anti-oxidant property of extracts of two medicinal plants (Andrographis paniculata and Costus igneus). The extracts of these plants explain to an increase in free radical scavenging activity and a decrease in inhibition of lipid peroxidation. We will see the results that explain the active anti-oxidant compounds are better extracted in methanol for Andrographis paniculata and in ethanol for Costus igneus and results also suggest that there is a direct relation between the and anti-oxidant activity and total polyphenols extracted from plants. In present work determination of antioxidant property we find that, these plants are very useful or beneficial for our life due to their phenolic content because antioxidant properties of these plants shows their possibility to reduce the oxidative stress, its work as supplements in diabetes, inflammatory conditions or cancer and liver problems like diseases which are due to increased oxidative stress. So result exhibits both plants having antioxidant properties in aqueous, methanolic and ethanolic solution. Andrographis paniculata methanolic extracts and Costus igneus methanolic extract were determined for the free radical scavenging and antioxidant properties and we were used DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl),ABTS (2,2’-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid), and hydrogen peroxide scavenging.
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