Abstract
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the antioxidant activity and irritancy or dermatological effects of extracts of Moringa oleifera Lamk. belonging to family Moringaceae. The crude extracts of powdered plant material were obtained in non-polar and polar solvents such as petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol, and distilled water, The %age yield of distilled water extract of flower was highest (85%) among all the four extracts. All the extracts of leaves were found highly antioxidant showing greater activity than the scavenging activity where chloroform extract showed higher value (1.6±00) than standard BHT (0.905±00). But in case of flower extracts only distilled water extract was recorded to hold highest antioxidant activity (1.246±00) as compared to standard (0.676±00). The tests of dermatological activity indicated that only the chloroform extract of flower caused slight redness on rabbit ear's skin after 24 to 48 hours.
