Bergia ammannioides: Phytochemical screening, antioxidant activity and radical scavenging effects of its various fractions

Aziz-Ur-Rehman*, Asia Siddiqa, Muhammad Athar Abbasi, Tauheeda Riaz, Ghulam Hussain, Sabahat Zahra Siddiqui, Misbah Irshad, Muhammad Ajaib, Irshad Ahmad

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Abstract

The methanolic extract of Bergia ammannioides (Henye ex Roth) was dissolved in distilled water and partitioned with n-hexane, chloroform, I ethyl acetate and n-butanol sequentially. The antioxidant potential of all these fractions and remaining aqueous fraction was evaluated by four methods e.g., 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging activity, total antioxidant activity, ferric reducing anti-oxidant power (FRAP) assay and ferric thiocyanate assay along with determination of their total phenolics. Polar fractions showed noteworthy antioxidant potential. The results revealed that ethyl acetate soluble fraction showed highest value of % inhibition of DPPH radical (81.16 ± 0.87 %) at a concentration of 120 μg/mL. The IC 50 of this fraction was 26.65 ± 1.8 μg/mL, relative to ascorbic acid, a reference standard, having IC50 58.8 ± 0.89 μg/mL. It also showed highest total antioxidant activity i.e., 1.142 ± 0.08, highest FRAP value (378.5 ± 0.4 TE μM/mL) as well as highest total phenolic contents i.e., 226.109 ± 0.3 GAE mg/g and highest value of per cent inhibition of lipid peroxidation (54.23 ± 0.57 %) as compared to the studied fractions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7921-7926
Number of pages6
JournalAsian Journal of Chemistry
Volume25
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bergia ammannioides
  • DPPH assay
  • FRAP value
  • Total antioxidant activity
  • Total phenolics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry

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