Isolation and Characterization of Some Phytochemicals from Indian Traditional Plants

Table 1

Total antioxidant activity of different plant preparations in terms of ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP).

S. number	Name of the plant	Plant part used	Extract type	FRAP (μM Fe^++ g^−1)
1		Leaf		33.6 ± 0.14
2	Argemone  mexicana	Stem		8.40 ± 0.14
3		Flower		69.1 ± 0.28
4		Fruit		11.8 ± 0.07
5		Leaf		24.7 ± 1.13
6	Datura  metal	Stem		9.60 ± 0.00
7		Flower		21.3 ± 0.28
8		Fruit		23.1 ± 0.77
9		Leaf		38.7 ± 0.43
10	Calotropis  procera	Stem	Aqueous	11.3 ± 0.77
11		Flower		24.5 ± 0.42
12		Fruit		41.3 ± 1.20
13		Leaf		15.8 ± 0.07
14	Thevitia  peruviana	Stem		21.5 ± 0.70
15		Flower		19.2 ± 0.21
16		Fruit		24.2 ± 0.31
17		Leaf		34.0 ± 0.02
18	Cannabis  sativa	Stem		14.5 ± 0.35
19		Flower		74.8 ± 1.93

The FRAP values for different parts of the plants A. mexicana, D. metal, C. procera, T. peruviana and C. sativa have been determined as described in Section 2. The values are the average of three independent experiments.