Phytochemical and antioxidant potential of fruit and leaf extracts of coccinia grandis

Abstract

Plants were being used in the treatment of diseases for Coccinia.grandis, a traditionally significant plant has been studied for its medicinal properties. The fruits of this plant were used as the ingredient in variety of recipes all over the world. The leaves and fruits of C.grandis were collected and their ethanolic extracts were subjected to phytochemical screening and done. HPLC was done to quantify the compounds present in the extracts. Antioxidant activity of the extracts was also carried out to determine the free radical efficiency of the extract. The results of the phytochemical analysis of the m showed that the terpenoids, reducing sugar, flavonoids and proteins were found to present in significant quantity. The comparative analysis indicates that the fruit extract shows better antioxidant and phytochemical than the leaf extract.