Comparative Study of Antioxidant Potential in Hairy Roots and Field grown Roots of Solanum nigrum L.

Abstract

Field grown roots (FGR) and hairy roots (HR) were compared for total phenolics, flavonoids and antioxidant capacity using three different solvents. The aq. and ethanolic ext. showed high phenolic (9.036±0.613) and flavonoids (25.392±0.687) content in HR compared to FGR resp. High alkaloid content was obsd. in ethanolic ext. of HR (23.628±0.907). The aq. ext. showed max. DPPH, ABTS and SO radical scavenging antioxidant activity in HR compared to FGR. The highest Frap value (1.88) was obsd. for aq. ext. in HR. The ethanol and water was found to be best for the extn. of flavonoids and antioxidant compds. resp. HR showed high content of biochem. than the FGR. [on SciFinder(R)]