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

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