International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 2 Number 10 (2013) pp. 534-536

DPPH Free Radical Scavenging Activity of the Extracts of the Aquatic Fern Marsilea quadrifolia Linn

T. Mathangi1*and P.Prabhakaran2

1Department of Microbiology, PRIST University, Thanjavur, India 2Department of Microbiology, Shrimad Aandavar college, Thiruchirappalli, India *Corresponding author

ABSTRACT

Antioxidants are the substances which inhibit oxidation, which have the ability to remove the potentially damaging oxidizing agents in a living organism. Many phytochemicals present in the plants are able to reduce or prevent the oxidative damage to the human cells which can cause even cancer in humans. It is highly vital to know about the antioxidant activities of each plant and the phytocompounds responsible for that. In this study, the DPPH free radical scavenging activity of the extracts of Marsilea quadrifolia is analysed.

Keywords

Antioxidants;M. quadrifolia;DPPHactivity;BHT