@article{Narkhede_Mahajan_Singh_Harsulkar_Jagtap_2016, title={ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF FOURTEEN EULOPHIA SPECIES TRADITIONALLY KNOWN AS AMARKAND}, volume={8}, url={https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ijpps/article/view/12801}, DOI={10.22159/ijpps.2016v8i9.12801}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Amarkand is a group of medicinal plants, of which tubers are regularly consumed by the tribal people in India as food and medicine. It has a strong background of regional ethnopharmacological and food uses. Thus it can be effectively utilized as a source of natural antioxidants. The present study, of fourteen <em>Eulophia</em> species which are predominantly considered as Amarkand”, were focused for their antioxidant potential and polyphenolic content which facilitates the contribution of the traditional knowledge of plants from India.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Radical scavenging activity, ferric reducing antioxidant power and anti-lipid peroxidation assay were used to evaluate the antioxidant potential. In addition, total phenols, flavonoid and proanthocynidins were estimated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results showed that all the studied amarkand species have promising antioxidant potential. <em>Eulophia epidendrea </em>(J. Koenig ex. Retz.) C. E. C. Fisch. (EE) and <em>Eulophia mannii</em> (Rchb. f.) Hook. f. (EM) had highest free radical scavenging potential among all. <em>Eulophia epidendrea </em>have highest ferric reducing potential which may be due to high flavonoid and proanthocyanidin content present<em>.</em></p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The data clearly demonstrated that EE and EM may serve as a good natural antioxidant source against oxidative stress and related diseases.</p>}, number={9}, journal={International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences}, author={Narkhede, Aarti and Mahajan, Minal and Singh, Elangbam and Harsulkar, Abhay and Jagtap, Suresh}, year={2016}, month={Sep.}, pages={313–316} }