The Journal of Phytopharmacology, 2018;7(2):121-126 DOI:10.31254/phyto.2018.7204
Foliar anti-diabetic and antioxidant potential of a promising accession of Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.: GC-MS based evidences
Manashi Aditya1 , Soumen Bhattacharjee2
1. Post Graduate Department of Botany, Hooghly Mohsin College, (West Bengal Education Service), Chinsurah, Hooghly, West Bengal-712101, India
2. Plant Physiology & Biochemistry Research laboratory, UGC Centre for Advanced Study, Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
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Received: 12th February, 2018 / Accepted: 13th March, 2018
The present study makes an effort to investigate the foliar neutraceutical potential of a promising green accession of a seed amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus, accession no. IC94661) based on anti-lipid peroxidation property, reducing power, metal chelating activity, hydroxyl radical scavenging property, antidiabetic factor and GC-MS based identification of hydroxyl containing phytochemicals. Methanol and aqueous fractions possessed exhibited better anti-lipid peroxidation, reducing, hydroxyl radical scavenging, and metal chelating properties in the experimental accession. Estimation of anti-diabetic factors from the young leaf extract also revealed significantly high ?-glucosidase and ?- amylase inhibition properties. When GC-MS study was carried out, it exhibited presence of several hydroxyls containing phytochemicals in the accession, some of which are having antioxidant properties. Taken as a whole, the data not only provide evidence of rich sources of marker antioxidant properties but also the availability of several phytochemicals with hydroxyls, in support of its rich pharmaceutical potential.
Amaranth, Anti-diabetic factors, antioxidant properties, Phenolics, GC-MS.
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Aditya M, Bhattacharjee S. Foliar anti -diabetic and antioxidant potential of a promising accession of Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.: GC -MS based evidences . J Phytopharmacol 201 8 ; 7 ( 2):121 -126 .
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