Screening and Biological Characterization of Pharmaceutically Important Compounds from Ipomoea indica

Abstract

The present study was carried out to analyze Ipomoea indica for its phytochemical and physiochemical characteristics and to establish its antioxidant potential. The plants samples were collected from Islamabad, Pakistan. Total antioxidant activity was significantly higher in leaves samples of Ipomoea indicaas compared to stem sample extracted in chloroform. Similar pattern for antioxidant activity was observed in ethanolic extracted samples. Phenolic contents of leaves extracted in chloroform were significantly higher as compared to stems. Similarly phenolic content of leaves was significantly higher from stem extracted in ethanol. The least flavonoid contents were observed in leaves of Ipoemea indica. Moreover, minimum activity of reducing power assay was observed in stem and leaves.