Volume : 7, Issue : 3, March - 2018

Comparative study of antioxidant activity, Polyphenolics, content and FTIR analysis of various extracts, from different parts of Excoecaria agallocha

Poonam M Salve, Pratima S Jadhav

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;&#10;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-layout-grid-align:&#10;none;text-autospace:none"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;background:white;mso-highlight:&#10;white">Excoecaria agallocha</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;&#10;background:white;mso-highlight:white"> a milky mangrove, blind your eye mangrove, or a river poison tree is widely distributed in Indian coastal regions. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The present study focuses on evaluation of phenolics and flavanoids present in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Excoecaria agallocha.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></i>The FTIR analysis of various <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>mangrove extract <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>is also studied .The FTIR analysis showed the presence of flavones, alcohol,arenes,aliphatic functional group.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b><span style="color:black">Total phenolic content (TPC) expressed as gallic acid equivalents (GAE) ranged from </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">6.3&plusmn;0.4</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black"> (whole plant petroleum ether extract) to </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">10.83&plusmn;0.7</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black"> (stem methanol extract) mg GAE/g dry weight. Total flavonoid content expressed as quercetin equivalents (QE) ranged from </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">9.2&plusmn;0.9</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black"> (whole plant ethyl acetate extract) to </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">33.8&plusmn;0.9</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black"> ( leaf methanol extract) mg QE/g dry weight. Antioxidant activity determined by DPPH<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>assay is highest(</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">83.3 &plusmn;3.2%)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black"> in methanol extract.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> Keywords:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Excoecaria agallocha</i> ,halophyte, TPC , TFC, antioxidant, DPPH assay, FTIR.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>