Study of Antioxidant Properties of GenusCheilanthesSw
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The genus Cheilanthes Sw. belonging to family Pteridaceae commonly known assilver fern. It is growing in several habitats such as moist soils, along the edges ofthe hills or rocky regions, frequently growing in small crevices. Maximum speciesare used by tribal people (like Bheel, Meena, Garasia and Saharia) to remedy oncold, cough, peptic ulcer, asthma, bronchitis and diabetes. The antioxidantproperties of Cheilanthes extracts were tested for their total antioxidantmeasurements by using DPPH, DMPD radical scavenging assay as well as FRAPassay in vitro. The four ethnomedicinal Cheilanthes species are obtained fromdifferent localities of Northern Westerns Ghats of India
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