Phytopharmacological and Antioxidant Analysis of Hydroethanolic Extract of Boerhavia diffusa

Boerhavia diffusa, a well-known ethno-medicinal plant and were found in tropics and sub-tropics. Boerhavia diffusa is a traditional medicinal plant and they can cure many human ailments. It has most promising pharmacolog- ical activities include antiβibrinolytic, immunosuppressive, diuretic, hepato- protective, antidiabetic, anti-inβlammatory, anticancer, immunomodulatory, antilympho proliferative, analgesic properties and also for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Due to their adverse side effects, the naturally occur- ring antioxidants has increased and eplaced by the synthetic antioxidants. This study is focussed on the phytochemical evaluation and in vitro antioxidant activity of Hydroethanolic extract of Boerhavia diffusa. The litative chem-ical test exhibited the presence of phytocompounds like βlavonoids, polyphe- nols, anthocyanins, coumarin, steroids, terpenoids, triterpenoids, glycosides,
emodins and saponins. Quantitative analysis of total phenol, total βlavonoid and total tannin was found to be 205.25mg/g, 121.65 mg/g and 61.41mg/g. DPPH, Total antioxidant activity, Superoxide anion radical, Nitric oxide and Hydroxy radical scavenging assay showed that B.diffusa was an excellent scav-enger of these radicals. These results are an ndication of the potent antioxi-dant property of the extract and may be responsible for some of the therapeu- tic uses of Boerhavia diffusa.