Antioxidant Activity of Cassia Fistula Flower Extracts

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Chemistry, Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi Kerala- 679306. India.

10.18576/jpac/020207

Abstract

The golden yellow flowers of Cassia fistula were extracted with n-hexane, dichloromethane and ethyl acetate. A few common compounds in the extracts were identified by GC MS analysis. Antioxidant activity of the crude extracts were compared by measuring DPPH radical scavenging activity, super oxide radical scavenging activity and lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity.

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