PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND IN � VITRO ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA L.,

P Rajalakshmi; V  Vadivel; G Subhashini; M Pugalenthi

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2015

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND IN � VITRO ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA L.,

P Rajalakshmi, V Vadivel, G Subhashini, M Pugalenthi

Abstract :

 Plants have been an important source of medicine for thousands of years. Even today, the world health organization estimates that up to 80% of people still rely mainly on traditional remedies such as herbs for their medicines. Medicinal plants constitute one of the main sources of new pharmaceutical and health care products. In this study seeds and leaves of Caesalpinia bonducella were subjected to phytochemical screening and anti–oxidant activity. Among the two samples seeds exhibits the maximum anti–oxidant activity.