Plant Science Research, Vol. 44, 2022

In vitro free radical scavenging activities of leaves and rhizomes of Maranta arundinacea L.

Maranta arundinacea L. is a very useful and valuable medicinal plant belongs tothe family Marantaceae. This plant is commonly known as arrowroot plant. The present study was aimed to investigate scavenging activities of leaf and rhizome extracts of M. arundinacea. The radical scavenging activity of leaf and rhizome was investigated by DPPH, H2O2, reducing power, metalchelating activity and nitric oxide scavenging activity. All the four different extracts exhibit concentration dependent scavenging activity. Out of the 4 solvent extracts ethanol was found to have the maximum scavenging potential followed by methanol, aqueous and hexane extracts. The IC50 value (μg/ml) of the extracts for this activity was in the order of ethanol< methanol< aqueous