Author(s):

Neethu Vijayakumar and Gangaprasad A

Abstract: This plant belong to the family Asteraceae. In Malayalam, this plant is known as Puvamkurunthal. It is distributed throughout India, as a weed on roadsides and open places. An erect annual herb, 12-75 cm in height with cylindrical branched stem, leaves is variable in shape and flowers are many pinkish violet in small heads. The chief constituents are the triterpenes. This plant contains alkaloids, terpenes and flavanoid. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends the plant in intermittent fever, filariasis, blisters, boils, vaginal discharges andgin cases of psychoneurosis. Therefore, the main objectives of the present study are screening of various phytochemicals, antioxidant activity and antimicrobial activity of methanolic whole plant extract of Vernonia cinerea. Phytochemical screening showed the presence of alkaloids, terpenoids and flavonoids. Antioxidant activity of the methanolic extract of Vernonia cinerea was 88.27% for 1mg/ml and the antimicrobial activity was determined using well diffusion method. The results obtained in this study show high antioxidant potential of Vernonia cinerea.

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