Phytochemical Screening and Invitro Antioxidant Activity of Limnathemum Indicum

The present study was carried out to investigate the in-vitro activity of ethanolic extract of Whole plant of Limnanthemu indicum by using nitric oxide radical scavenging activity, ABTS radical scavenging activity and lipid peroxidation radical scavenging activity. The extract was also subjected for preliminary phytochemical analysis and for the estimation of total phenolic and flavanoid content using standard procedure. Result suggests that the extract possess mild antioxidant activity as compared to the standard ascorbic acid which can be attributed to the presence of lower concentration of total phenols and flavanoids. However, this plant needs to be evaluated for its antioxidant activity with other solvent extracts and further investigations need to be carried out to isolate and identify the antioxidant compounds present in the plant extract.