Antioxidant Activity, Phenol and Flavonoid Contents of Seeds of Punica Granatum (Punicaceae) and Solanum Torvum (Solanaceae)

Summary Antioxidant activity of seeds of P. granatum and S. torvum were performed by DPPH method, reducing power method, scavenging activity against hydrogen peroxide method and estimating total antioxidant activity. The highest radical scavenging activity was observed with S. torvum extract and showed a significant linear correlation with phenolic and flavonoid contents. The total phenolic and total flavonoid contents were expressed in terms of the reference compounds. The greater the amount of these compounds more potent is the radical scavenging effect.