International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The present study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of methanolic extarct from the tissue of C. catla. The methanolic extract showed the total antioxidant activity of 18.21% - 51.90% at 50 - 250µg/ml concentration and the DPPH radical scavenging activity of 17.98% - 49.78% at 50 - 250µg/ml concentration. In addition, the superoxide radical scavenging activity of methanolic extract showed 19.19% - 55.01% at 50 - 250µg/ml concentration and the hydroxyl radical scavenging activity of methanolic extract presented 15.34% - 53.67% at 50 - 250µg/ml concentration. The anticancer activity of methanolic extract recorded 14.79 – 46.35% at 50 – 250µg/ml concentration against A549 cell line. Among the antioxidant and anticancer activities of the methanolic extract may helpful to prevent the oxidative stress and used in pharmacological industries in future.

Keywords: Methanolic extract; C. catla; Antioxidant; Anticancer.