• SHABNUM SHAHEEN

• TANZEEM AKBAR CHEEMA

• NIDAA HARUN

• ARUSA AFTAB

• FARAH KHAN

• MEHWISH JAFFER

• SEHRISH RAMZAN

• SOBIA SARWAR

تلخیص

The present study was designed to evaluate the antioxidant potential of Amaranthus viridis L., Chenopodium album L., Salvadora persica L. and Solanum nigrum L. These plants commonly grow as wild plants, and are recommended as alternate food source because of their rich nutritional contents. The crude extracts of their leaves in petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol and distilled water were studied. Significant DPPH scavenging activity was found in petroleum ether extracts of C. album (29.3%) whereas petroleum ether extracts of S. nigrum exhibited minimum value (8.43%). On the other hand, distilled water extracts of C. album exhibited the highest (0.697 nm) total antioxidant activity while chloroform extracts of A. viridis (0.513 nm) turned out to be the lowest. These findings ensured the antioxidant effectiveness of these wild edible plants, the possible source of future novel antioxidants. In conclusion, these wild edible plants may have potential use into pharmaceuticals, cosmetics as well as food industries in near future.

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