The Anti-oxidants and Phytoconstituents of Tiliacora racemosa, Capsicum annum, Trigonella foenum-graecum leaves

Herbs with medicinal properties play an increasingly important role in research to know their functions on disease prevention and treatment property. As the ecosystem is full of potential herbs it becomes very important to study about their beneficial pharmacological responses. This study characterizes the phytochemical composition and antioxidant activity of three medicinal herbs including the leaves of Tiliacora racemosa, Capsicum annum, Trigonella foenum-graecum leaves. These three herbs are well known and familiar for its broad pharmacological responses. It has beneficial responses on all the physiological body systems. By following various chemical methods for phytoconstituents and UV spectrometer for antioxidant studies were carried out using ascorbic acid as standard. The antioxidant studies carried out to determine the potentiality of the herbs selected- Reducing Power Assay and H₂O₂ radical scavenging assay. Results revealed that the presence of flavonoids, phenols, tannin’s, alkaloids, glycosides, phenols, terpenoids and glycosides despite the well-known antioxidant properties of these plant species, our study suggests all the three herbs can stand out as a relatively more valuable plant source of natural bioactive molecules for developing novel functional property with potential for not only promoting human health against the diseases but also improving bio-valorisation and environment. This study compared and demonstrated these plant extracts as valuable sources of bioactive compounds, likely for preparing novel functional products in various industries for folkloric advantages. These three herbs possess antioxidant properties as well as which can act as scavengers against free radicals, which is one of the causes for various types of diseases.

Methanolic extract of all three herbs is a potential source of natural antioxidants and serves as an effective free radical scavenger and/or inhibitor. Hence, these herbs might be a good plant-based pharmaceutical product for several diseases caused by free radicals, supported by phytoconstituents with presence of abundance amount is surely to be considered for its pharmacological responses.

Author(s): Vivek Kumar Tiwari, Dr. Chakravarthy Guntupalli

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