Evaluation of Antioxidant activity of Ocimum sanctum extract in comparison with Vitamin C - An In Vitro Study

Abstract

Introduction: Antioxidants are substances that can prevent or slow damage to cells caused by free radicals, unstable molecules that the body produces as a reaction to environmental and other pressures. They are sometimes called “free-radical scavengers.” The sources of antioxidants can be natural or artificial.Periodontitis results from the loss of balance between microbial virulence factors and a proportionate host response.Antioxidant is a substance that is present at low concentrations which significantly delays or prevents oxidation of that substrate.Ocimum sanctum which is a plant extract had a medicinal value and it had been used in asian countries to treat various disease.Ocimum sanctum has an antioxidant agent. Materials and methods: Ocimum Sanctum commercially available powders are used to analyze antioxidant potential. In which three radical scavenging activity analyzed DPPH radical scavenging ,Superoxide anion radical scavenging,Nitric oxide radical scavenging Results: The results from obtained from the reagents shows DPPH radical scavenging activity shows tulsi shows higher activity compared with vitamin c,Superoxide anion radical scavenging,Nitric oxide radical scavenging activity shows vitamin c has higher activity compared with tulsi Conclusion: The above results of the antioxidant activity shows that vitamin c activity is higher in Superoxide anion radical scavenging,Nitric oxide radical scavenging activity of each concentration of tulsi 100,200