Open AccessPhytochemical Analysis and Antioxidant Activity of Wild Pomegranate Collected from Patnitop, Jammu & Kashmir
Author(s) -
Ramanjeet Kaur,
Lubna Aslam,
Nisha Kapoor,
Ritu Mahajan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
biosciences biotechnology research asia/biosciences biotechnology research asia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2456-2602
pISSN - 0973-1245
DOI - 10.13005/bbra/2637
Subject(s) - phytochemical , antioxidant , traditional medicine , biology , chemistry , ferric , ec50 , botany , horticulture , food science , medicine , biochemistry , in vitro , organic chemistry
Wild pomegranate is an ancient fruit with known medicinal and curative properties, attributing to overall positive health. The present study focuses on phytochemical analysis and the antioxidant potential of the fruits (red and green), leaves and flowers of wild pomegranate. High amount of carbohydrates and proteins were observed in red fruits, followed by green fruit, while they were low in flowers and leaves. However, leaves possessed higher amounts of phenolics and tannins as compared to other tissues and fruit extracts. Highest radical scavenging effect was observed in red fruit with EC50 value 70.33µg/ml as compared to other tissues. The ferric reducing potential was significantly higher in red fruit (310.99 ± 0.98 µmol Fe2+/ g dry matter) in comparison to green fruit extracts of wild pomegranate. The results indicated that methanolic extract of red fruits are pharmacologically more active and can be exploited for studying the pharmacokinetics of various bioactive compounds present in wild pomegranate.