Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of Cissus quandrangularis

Saurabh Srivastava, I. Seethal

Abstract

Extracts of air dried stem of Cissus quadrangularis collected from Chennai were prepared by solvents extraction method using Soxhelet apparatus. Preliminary phytochemical studies were carried out to find out the presence of steroids and proteins. Antioxidant studies carried out by DPPH, ABTS, SOD, FRAP showed that the chloroform extract has highest activity.

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