Volume : 2, Issue : 11, NOV 2016

ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIALS OF ENDOMYCOPHYTES ISOLATED FROM ADIANTUM SP.

Aneesh Nair, Mujeera Fathima, Florida Tilton

Abstract

Endomycophytes are fungi residing inside healthy plant tissues without any discernible infectious symptoms. Endophytic strains of many plants produce a plethora of secondary metabolites, most of which are of immense pharmaceutical importance. With the increase in ROS linked cancers emerging owing to the modern lifestyle, an attempt at screening natural sources for free radical scavenging properties is inevitable. In the present study, ten endomycophytes have been isolated from the Adiantum sp. fern collected from the Western ghats and subjected to antioxidant potential screening by DDPH assay and NO assay in Colo320 cell lines. Results showed significant inhibition of DPPH radicals at 67.32% and NO radicals at 72.06% by the A21 extract.

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