Rizwan Ahamad, Mohd Mujeeb, Firoz Anwar and Aftab Ahmad
The oxidative damage of cellular tissue by reacting active species causes various human diseases like cardiovascular disease, cancer, aging and nephropathy. The antioxidant supplements obtained from plants are useful to cure the oxidative damage in cells. Recently, attention has focused on phytochemicals as new sources of natural antioxidant agent. The plant Cichorium intybus L., commonly denoted as chicory which belongs to family Asterac eae and geographically found in Asia and Europe. Chicory have medicinally active constituent like flavonoids, saponins tannins, alkaloids, inulin, sesquiterpene lactones, coumarins, vitamins, chlorophyll pigments and unsaturated sterols. Hence, in the present study methanolic extract of Cichorium intybus Linn seeds was evaluated for antioxidant invitro method and molecular activity using RAPD electrophoresis methods
