Antioxidant Investigation of Dried Methanolic Extracts of Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers, An Indian Folkloric Ethnomedicinal Plant of the Nilgiri, Tamil Nadu, India

The present study is to evaluate the enzymic, non-enzymic and total antioxidant activity in Gnaphalium polycaulon by standard methods. Methods: Each plants extract were subjected to Soxhlet extraction and then dried methanolic extracts (leaf, stem and flower) were carried out to assess the antioxidant activity for enzymic, non-enzymic and total antioxidants present in Gnaphalium polycaulon plant. Results: Based on the results obtained in the present investigation, the antioxidant screening relieved that the dried methanolic leaf showed very significant antioxidant activity due to the presence of phytoconstituents in leaf than stem and flower extracts and thereby it confirmed the antioxidant activity in Gnaphalium polycaulon. Conclusions: These present findings clearly concluded that polyphenolic components have antioxidant potentialin Gnaphalium polycaulon extracts. Therefore, further studies on the medicinal plants will be of great importance and widely used in number of pharmacological actions for the treatment of different diseases with high content of major phytoconstituents.