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Volume 5, Issue 5 (Suppl)

Nat Prod Chem Res

ISSN: 2329-6836 NPCR, an open access journal

Pharmacognosy 2017

July 24-25, 2017

July 24-25, 2017 Melbourne, Australia

International Conference and Exhibition on

Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry

& Natural Products

Occurrence of antioxidant polyphenols in Indian coastal plants

Govindasamy Agoramoorthy

College of Pharmacy and Health Care, Taiwan

ndia has a vast coast line covering over 7,500 km and numerous plants occur along the coastal region. The coastal plants usually

include the mangroves and halophytes and they are found in salty coastal habitats. Some of the coastal plants are widely used to

treat a wide range of human diseases inflicted by bacteria, fungi and virus. This study analyzed the antioxidant potentials in the

commonly-occurring salt-tolerant plants along the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu state, Southern India. We analyzed 13 plants that

include

Arthrocnemum indicum, Suaeda monoica, S. maritima, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Ipomoea pes-caprae, Avicennia officinalis,

Bruguiera cylindrica, Ceriops decandra, Rhizophora apiculata, R. mucronata, Aegiceras corniculatum, Excoecaria agallocha

and

Acanthus ilicifolius

and determined the total polyphenol content and antioxidant activity. The total polyphenol content ranged from

23.5 to 384.2 mg/g dry weight and the highest free radical scavenging activity was found in

E. agallocha

(30.3 μg/mL). Moreover,

higher DPPH radical scavenging activity was also found in species such as

B. cylindrica

(42.9 μg/mL),

C. decandra

(51.9 μg/mL),

apiculata

(64.9 μg/mL),

A. corniculatum

(74.3 μg/mL),

R. mucronata

(79.7 μg/mL) and

I. pes-caprae

(83.7 μg/mL), respectively. The

results indicate that India's mangrove plants have the potential in scavenging free radicals and can be a vital source of antioxidant

phytochemicals.

Nat Prod Chem Res 2017, 5:5 (Suppl)

DOI: 10.4172/2329-6836-C1-017