A Review of Anti oxidant Effects of the Ethanol Extract of the Medicinal Plant Carla (Momordica charantia) Cultivated in Northern Region of Iran (Mazandaran-Simorgh city)

Author: Nasrin Nasr* and Ghazal Pirani**

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Abstract

Carla (Momordica charantia) is one of medicinal plants found in tropic regions which has anti diabetic effect, anti blood fat effect and so on. Since one of consumable parts of this plant, i.e. its fruit is useful against diabetes in the form of Capsules or herbal tea; we collected it from the north of Iran (Mazandaran province-Simorgh city) for this study and after identification used it for producing ethanol extract. Extraction process was carried out by the soaking method. The resulting extracts were solvent-removed and degreased. Studying the anti oxidant effects of the ethanol extract was measured using DPPH method and also phenol and flavonoid content and regenerative strength of iron. Results indicated that the ethanol extract of the plant with IC50 = 250 mg/ml has anti oxidant effects, and also phenol and flavonoid were 28.6±0.2 mg/ml and 19.93±0.1 mg/ml respectively. As a result, the ethanol extract of Carla plant causes extraction of high levels of total phenol that inhibit

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anti oxidant, extract, Carla, diabetes

Conclusion

Carla (Momordica charantia) is one of medicinal plants found in tropic regions which has anti diabetic effect, anti blood fat effect and so on. Since one of consumable parts of this plant, i.e. its fruit is useful against diabetes in the form of Capsules or herbal tea; we collected it from the north of Iran (Mazandaran province-Simorgh city) for this study and after identification used it for producing ethanol extract. Extraction process was carried out by the soaking method. The resulting extracts were solvent-removed and degreased. Studying the anti oxidant effects of the ethanol extract was measured using DPPH method and also phenol and flavonoid content and regenerative strength of iron. Results indicated that the ethanol extract of the plant with IC50 = 250 mg/ml has anti oxidant effects, and also phenol and flavonoid were 28.6±0.2 mg/ml and 19.93±0.1 mg/ml respectively. As a result, the ethanol extract of Carla plant causes extraction of high levels of total phenol that inhibit

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Nasrin Nasr and Ghazal Pirani (2016) . A Review of Anti oxidant Effects of the Ethanol Extract of the Medicinal Plant Carla (Momordica charantia) Cultivated in Northern Region of Iran (Mazandaran-Simorgh city) , Biological Forum – An International Journ