EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF THE POLYOXYGENATED XANTHONES FROM SWERTIA CHIRATA BUCH., HAM

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25-07-2011

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https://doi.org/10.58414/SCIENTIFICTEMPER.2011.02.1.16

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Swertia chirata; aerial parts; antioxidant activity; seven polyoxygenated xanthones

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Vol. 2 No. 1&2 (2011): The Scientific Temper

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Authors

  • SUVRA MANDAL Department of Chemistry, National Research Institute for Ayurvedic Drug Development, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700091, INDIA
  • PRIYABRATA DASC Department of Biochemistry, N.R.S.Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, INDIA
  • ASHES DAS Department of Chemistry, National Research Institute for Ayurvedic Drug Development, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700091, INDIA
  • DHIRENDRA NATH MONDAL Department of Chemistry, National Research Institute for Ayurvedic Drug Development, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700091, INDIA
  • ANINDITA GHOSH Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92 A.P.C.Road, Kolkata-700009, INDIA
  • DEBARATI MUKHERJEE Department of Biochemistry, N.R.S.Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, INDIA
  • RAGHWENDRA MISHRA Department of Biochemistry, N.R.S.Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, INDIA
  • ATANU BHATACHARYYA Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar College for Women, 39, Sankar Ghosh Lane, Kolkata, INDIA
  • MANOJ KAR Department of Biochemistry, N.R.S.Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, INDIA

Abstract

Swertia chireta is an indigenous medicinal plant which are used for variety of ailments.Moreover, several phytochemicals are present in this plants.The major bioactive compound within the plant is xanthones.This plants are the mojor source of secondary metabolites, like flavonoides and triterpenoid etc . Naturally, the plant Swertia chireta posses a multiple source of different biological component
which are solely responsible for different physiological activities. Naturally, bioassay of this plants were investigated with the hexane.Hexan extract of aerial parts of the Himalayan plant, Swertia chirata Buch.Ham. ex Wall.(Gentianaceae) resulted in the isolation of seven polyoxygenated xanthones, fraction Sc-1 – Sc-7. Out of seven compounds extracted from this plant , five components ( Sc - 3 - Sc-7) exhibited antioxidant activity at different magnitude of
potency.The paper deals with these facts

How to Cite

MANDAL, S., DASC, P., DAS, A., MONDAL, D. N., GHOSH, A., MUKHERJEE, D., MISHRA, R., BHATACHARYYA, A., & KAR, M. (2011). EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF THE POLYOXYGENATED XANTHONES FROM SWERTIA CHIRATA BUCH., HAM. The Scientific Temper, 2(1&2), 77–80. https://doi.org/10.58414/SCIENTIFICTEMPER.2011.02.1.16

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