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Komal Sudan1 and Vikas Sharma1*
1Natural Products Laboratory, Division of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Main Campus Chatha,
Jammu-180 009, J&K, India
Email: vikas.skuast@gmail.com
Received-04.05.2025, Revised-16.05.2025, Accepted-28.05.2025
Abstract: The traditional medicinal plants have been an integral part of human health care system since ancient times as these plants exhibit pharmacological activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and anticancer. The present research work was carried out to examine the phytochemical composition and antioxidant efficiency of four traditional medicinal plants of Jammu region, viz., Bacopa monnieri (brahmi), Cannabis sativa (bhang), Cordia dichotoma (lasoda) and Murraya koenigii (kadipatta). Methanolic extract of leaf part of the above mentioned plants was used as test material and antioxidant efficiency was assessed via three different assays namely DPPH radical scavenging, ferric reducing antioxidant power and metal ion chelation. Results revealed that Cordia dichotoma showed maximum phenolic (138.88 ± 0.54 mg GAE/g), flavonoid content (62.91 ± 0.47 mg QE/g) and antioxidant activity via FRAP and metal ion chelation assay whereas Brahmi showed highest antioxidant activity via DPPH assay followed by lasoda, kadipatta and bhang.
Keywords: Brahmi, Bhang, Lasoda, Kadipatta,Phenolics, Flavonoids, IC50, DPPH, FRAP
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