Evaluation of Antioxidant property and GC-MS profiling of methanolic leaf extract of Mimusops elengi

Authors

  • Hemavathy Ekambaram, Apoorva Udayashankara, Mamatha Shivalingegowda, Kiragandur Manjunath

Abstract

A lot of pharmacological and anti-microbial investigations have been carried out on the bark, fruit and seeds of Mimusops elengi. The leaves of M. elengi is less explored for its phyto compounds and antioxidant activity. The present investigation involved the methanolic leaf extract of M. elengi for its antioxidant property and finding new bioactive compounds using Gas chromatography–Mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The total phenolic content as estimated by Folin Ciocalteu method showed 1132±6.71 µg gallic acid equivalent (GAE) g–1. The free radical scavenging activity using 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay showed that the methanolic extracts have high antioxidant activity even in its lowest concentration tested with percentage inhibition of more than 98%. The detection of bioactive phyto compounds such as Pyrrole-2-carboxylicacid,4-(1-chlorodec-1-enyl)-3,5-dimethyl-, ethyl-; Tetracosanoic acid; 1-Monooleoylglycerol; Hexadecanoic acid; Dotriacontane and 2R-Acetoxymethyl-1,3,3-trimethyl-4t-(3-methyl-2-buten-1-yl)-1t-cyclohexanol shows the plant extract with the potential of pharmacological and nutraceutical applications.

Published

2020-12-01

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