Phytochemicals, Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Properties of Nepata cateria and Arnebia benthamii of Kashmir (India)

Abstract

Nepata cateria and Arnebia benthamii two reputed folk medicinal plants used by Kashmiri people. Nepata cateria is commonly used in ointment as mosquito repellents. Both the plants show both antioxidant and antidiabetic properties in vivo as well as in vitro. Phytochemical test were done in order to screen the presence of terpenoids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, polyphenols, alkaloids, anthraquinones and cardiac glycosides and all the result were positive. As well as TLC was done as qualitative analysis. Quantitative analysis of antioxidant was done by assaying total phenolic and total flavonoid contained. Also metal chelating activity, DPPH and ABTS⁺ scavenging activities was done and plant extracts shows significant activities. Methanolic extracts of both the plants showed significant antidiabetic activity. However, aqueous extracts shows least activity in most cases. Both the plants have reputed ethnobotanical importance and could be used for designing and development of new herbal drugs for the treatment of oxidative stress related disorders.

Keywords: Arnebia benthamii, Nepata cateria, phytochemicals, antioxidant, antidiabetic

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Tabarak Malik, Priyanka Roy, Zaynab Shafi et al. Phytochemicals, Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Properties of Nepata cateria and Arnebia benthamii of Kashmir (India). Research and Reviews: Journal of Herbal Sciences. 2016; 5(2): 6–13p.