Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Flueggea leucopyrus Leaves.

Free radicals and related species have attracted a great deal of attention in recent years due to diseases progression. The harmful effects of free radicals are neutralized by a broad class of protective agents termed antioxidants. Present study to investigate the ethanolic extract of Flueggea leucopyrus leaves for in vitro antioxidant activity by oxygen radical scavenging such as DPPH, total antioxidant assay, superoxide, metal chelation and iron reducing power activity at different concentrations. Throughout the studies leaves extract showed marked antioxidant activity. The qualitative phytochemical analysis of ethanolic extract of Flueggea leucopyrus leaves extract contains flavonoids, saponin, terpenoids, polyphenols, alkaloids and triterpenoids. The antioxidant activity of the leaves extract may be due to the phytochemicals present in it. The antioxidant activity was found to be concentration dependent and may be attributed to the presence of bioflavonoids content in Flueggea leucopyrus leaves. Overall, the plant extract is a source of natural antioxidants which