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Phytochemical and antioxidant evaluation of <em>Urginea indica</em> Kunth.

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Title Phytochemical and antioxidant evaluation of <em>Urginea indica</em> Kunth.
 
Creator Mahato, Dipa
Sahu, Abhishek Prasad
Sharma, HP
 
Subject Methanolic extract
Secondary metabolites
Antioxidant activity
Phytomedicine
Gallic acid
 
Description 783-788
<em>Urginea</em> <em>indica </em>Kunth<em>.</em> is a rare, threatened and endangered medicinal plant that belongs to Liliaceae family and commonly known as <em>Jangli Pyaz</em>. In the present study, phytochemical analysis and antioxidant activity of the methanolic extract of <em>Urginea</em> <em>indica</em> bulbs was carried out. The secondary metabolites produced by this medicinal plant are reported to have therapeutic values. The secondary metabolites like phenol, flavonoid, tannin, saponin and alkaloid have been analyzed qualitatively as well as quantitatively in this species. The quantitative estimation has revealed the highest concentration of tannins (130.10 mg of GAE/g) in methanolic extract of <em>Urginea</em> <em>indica</em> bulb, whereas alkaloids (17.80 mg/g of dry plant sample), flavonoid (13.66 mg of QE/g), phenol (6.27 mg of GAE/g) and saponin (4.00 mg/g of dry plant sample) were found to be in good quantity. Considering the importance of natural products in modern phytomedicine, the antioxidant activity of <em>Urginea indica</em> extract was evaluated. The methanolic extract showed antioxidant activity by DPPH assay (IC<sub>50 </sub>= 51.87 µg/mL) comparable to gallic acid (IC<sub>50 </sub>= 39.91 µg/mL). Such an effect might contribute to explaining the traditional use of wild onion sps, <em>Urginea</em> <em>indica</em> in the treatment of various chronic diseases.
 
Date 2018-09-14T05:28:32Z
2018-09-14T05:28:32Z
2018-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/45053
 
Language en_US
 
Relation <strong>Int. Cl.<sup>8</sup></strong>: C09K 15/00, A61K 36/00, A61K 39/395, A61K 48/00, C07, C08, C23C, C11C, C10G
 
Rights <img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.17(4) [October 2018]