Volume : IV, Issue : II, February - 2014

Antidiabetic Principles, Phospholipids And Fixed Oil of Kodo Millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum Linn.)

Kiran P. , Denni. M, M. Daniel

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Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum Linn.), is an extremely drought and salt resistant wild millet attributed with a number of medicinal properties such as antidiabetic, tranquilising, hypolipidaemic, anti-rheumatic and wound-healing. Though the amount of carbohydrates, protein, oil and fiber contents are known, a detailed study on the medicinal principles are lacking. In our work, this millet is found to contain 1.120mg/g. phenolics consisting of a flavonol, quercetin and phenolic acids such as cis- ferulic acid, vanillic acid, syringic acid, p-hydroxy benzoic acid and melilotic acid. The total antioxidant potential was found to be- IC50 = 31.5 ± 0.03 mg/ml in terms of ascorbic acid and gallotannins. . The oil consisted of oleic acid (40.7%), stearic acid (37.5%) and palmitic acid (19.5%). Phospholipids present in the grain were 0.24%, consisting of four bands of cephaelins, two bands of lecithin and a single band of galactolipid. The role of quercetin and most of the phenolic acids in the medicinal properties listed especially of antidiabetic activity is discussed and the need to ing this grain in the mainstream agriculture is emphasised.

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Kiran P., Denni. M, M. Daniel Antidiabetic Principles, Phospholipids And Fixed Oil of Kodo Millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum Linn.) Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue. II

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