In vitro Anti-Oxidant Studies by Using Different Methods and Evaluation of Anti-Microbial Potential of Coptis teeta

There are plenty of antioxidant substances present in plants parts such as fruits, vegetables, medicinal herbs and the free radical scavenging molecules present in them are in the form of Phenolic compounds (phenolic acids, flavonoids, quinones, coumarins, lignans, tannins), Nitrogen compounds (alkaloids, amines), Vitamins, Terpenoids (carotenoids) and some other endogenous metabolites. Therapeutically properties of medical plants are very useful in healing various diseases and the advantages of these medicinal plants are natural. In many parts of the world, medicinal plants have been used for its antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral activities for hundreds of years. Researchers are increasingly turning their attention to natural products and looking for new leads to develop better drugs against cancer, viral and microbial infections. Several synthetic antibiotics are employed in the treatment of infections and communicable diseases. The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the antioxidant activity and antimicrobial activities of ethanolic root extract from Coptis teeta.The preliminary phytochemical analysis showed the presence of an alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides in the dried ethanol root extract of Coptis teeta. The antioxidant activity has been estimated using the in vitro methods like DPPH and Nitric Oxide free radical scavenging activity. It showed that the ethanolic root extract from Coptis teeta showed significant free radical scavenging activity.