TY - JOUR AU - Singh, Ram Lakhan AU - Singh, Pankaj PY - 2018/06/29 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Quantification of Phytochemicals Imparting Antioxidant Activities in Commonly Used Vegetables JF - International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology JA - Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol VL - 6 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles: Biological Sciences DO - 10.3126/ijasbt.v6i2.19636 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJASBT/article/view/19636 SP - 97-102 AB - <p>Plant derived phytochemicals have recently became of great importance in the protection of various diseases, like heart disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, cataract and age related functional disorders caused by free radicals. The present study was carried out to explore the commonly used vegetables having higher content of antioxidant imparting phytochemicals such as ascorbic acid, carotenoids, total phenolic content, carbohydrate and protein content in commonly used vegetables. The results revealed that the concentration among tested samples ranged from 7.07 mg/100g of FW (<em>Momardica charantia</em> leaf) to 174.15 mg/100g of FW (<em>Allium sativum </em>leaf) for ascorbic acid; 1.31 µg/g of FW (C<em>henopodium album</em> leaf) to 14.00 µg/g of FW (<em>Allium sativum</em> leaf ) for carotenoid content; 8.72 mg of GAE/g of DW (<em>Cucurbita maxima </em>fruit) to 67.20 mg/g of DW (<em>Colocasia esculentum</em> leaf) for total phenolic content; 27.15 mg/g (<em>Laginaria vulgaris </em>leaf) to 901.00 mg/g (<em>Cucurbita maxima</em> fruit) for carbohydrate content and 35.96 mg/g (<em>Amarphophyllus </em>fruit) to 589.23 mg/g (<em>Beta vulg</em>aris fruit) for protein content. Results also showed that these bioactive phytochemicals are widely distributed in the vegetables and their concentrations are variable in different vegetables as well as vegetable part’s itself. Hence, vegetable rich diet having higher content of phytochemicals can be used to cure or in the prevention of various chronic diseases such as hepatotoxicity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, oxidative stress etc and may serve as a good source of nutraceuticals which have potential for use in health care formulations.</p><p><em>Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 6(2): 97-102</em></p> ER -