Study of Antioxidant Activity of Aerial Parts of Five Varieties of Solenostemon scutellariodes (L.) R. Br. from Dibrugarh, Assam

摘要

The aim of the present study is to determine the antioxidant activity of water, methanol, ethanol, acetone and petroleum ether extract of five varieties of Solenostemon scutellarioides (L.) R. Br. It is an ornamental plant from Lamiaceae family having different foliage colour. Antioxidant activity of different aerial parts of the plants were examined spetrophotometrically by DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activity using ascorbic acid as standard. All the extracts have little or more antioxidant activity.