In Vitro Evaluation of Butea Monosperma Lam. for Antioxidant Activity
1I.B.S.S.B’s College of Pharmacy, Buldana road,Malkapur - 443 101 India.
2Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 700 032 India.
3Radharaman Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ratibad, Bhopal - 462 003 India.
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This research was taken to investigate the antioxidant activity of leaves of Butea monosperma. The in vitro antioxidant activity of petroleum ether and chloroform extract of leaves of Butea monosperma was investigated by nitric oxide scavenging method. The chloroform extract showed good antioxidant activity in the above method. This activity may be due to presence of flavonoids.
KEYWORDS:Antioxidant activity; Butea monosperma; Free radicals; Nitric oxide
