Antioxidant Activity of the Leaves of Urena lobata Linn

Plant based treatment are the most popular form of traditional system of medicine. The demand for the herbal health care products including nutraceuticals are now a days increasing worldwide. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the invitro antioxidant studies of the alcoholic extract of the leaves of Urena lobata in two models like; reduction of ferric ions by ortho-phenanthroline method and ABTS scavenging activity method. The extract showed remarkable antioxidant activity in both the models. Ascorbic acid was used as the standard during the evaluation.