Antioxidant potency of a medicinal plant - Pongamia pinnata L - Exploration of natural antioxidant agents

Pongamia pinnata Pierre (Fabaceae) is a medicinal plant native to Western Ghats and chiefly found in tidal forests of India. It is commonly known as Karanj and has been recognized in Ayurveda and Siddha systems of Indian traditional medicine system for the treatment of varied diseases of human beings. It is a plant with sound ethnobotanical background. In the present study the total phenol content, total flavonoid content and antioxidant potential of P. pinnata leaf and stem extracts by five different methods were studied. Also characterization of the compounds in leaf and stem methanolic extracts were done using spectrophotometric methods like UV absorption and IR spectroscopy.

About the author

Dr. Disha Menpara has done her Ph.D. from Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, India. She has published research articles and book chapters in many peer reviewed journals of international standards.

Product details

• Authors: Sumitra Chanda, Bhavi Changela, Bhavin Changela, Dish Menpara, Disha Menpara
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9783659879432
• ISBN: 978-3-659-87943-2
• No. of pages: 56
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics