Abstract

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF CRUDE EXTRACT AND CAROTENOID PIGMENTS FROM FLOWERS

Ancilla Senoretta B. and *Dr. V. Judia Harriet Sumathy

Abstract

Plants in any form has always remained to be a major source of traditional way of managing health problems and different economic issues. Importance of the plants basically originates due to the presence of specific biological active classes of organic compounds. On the planet earth, according to one report, more than 258,650 species of higher plants and round about similar number of lower plants exist but not more than 10% of higher plants species are being used for their medicinal properties. Over 50% of all modern clinical drugs are obtained from natural sources. So in this way natural products have played a vital role in drug development programs of pharmaceutical industries. Further, due to the long list of side effects of purely synthesized drugs or medicines more than 80% world’s population still emphasize to use traditional and old medicinal system such as Homeopathy, Unani, Ayurveda, Sidha and Naturopathy. The extract of H. rosa-sinensis has already been tested for the treatment of oxidative stress diseases including diabetes and tumor. Hence the present study is aimed at studying the Antioxidant property of few Flowers of Medicinal Importance.

Keywords: Plants, Planet Earth, Traditional Medicine, Flowers and Antioxidant Property.