Revista de biodiversidad y especies en peligro de extinción

Antioxidant and Free Radical Scavenging Activity Comparison in Various Plant Parts of Justicia adhatoda L.

Abstract

Ishwar Prakash Sharma*, Kardak Basar and Chandra Kanta

There are many medicinal plants that have various medicinal properties in their different parts. Medicinal plants are the major backbone of pharmaceutical industries. In this article, we compare the antioxidant properties of various plant parts (root, stem, leaf, flower, and bark) of the most important medicinal plant, Justicia adhatoda L. various plant parts showed a good amount of antioxidant properties. These results enhance the medicinal properties of this plant due to the presence of the good content of antioxidants; among all the plant parts leaves and flowers showed maximum natural antioxidants, hence the study could be saying that this plant has good efficacy of antioxidants.