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Compositional difference in antioxidant and antibacterial activity of all parts of the Carica papaya using different solvents

Asghar N 1 , Naqvi SA 1 , Hussain Z 2 , Rasool N 1 , Khan ZA 1 , Shahzad SA 3 Show all authors , Sherazi TA 3 , Janjua MR 4 , Nagra SA 2 , Zia-Ul-Haq M 5 , Jaafar HZ 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000 Pakistan
  • 2 Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54000 Pakistan
  • 3 Department of Chemistry, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, 22060 Pakistan
  • 4 Department of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, 40100 Pakistan
  • 5 The Patent Office, Karachi, Pakistan
  • 6 Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, UPM, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Malaysia
Chem Cent J, 2016;10:5.
PMID: 26848308 DOI: 10.1186/s13065-016-0149-0

Abstract

Carica papaya is a well known medicinal plant used in the West and Asian countries to cope several diseases. Patients were advised to eat papaya fruit frequently during dengue fever epidemic in Pakistan by physicians. This study was conducted to establish Polyphenols, flavonoids and antioxidant potential profile of extracts of all major parts of the C. papaya with seven major solvents i.e. water, ethanol, methanol, n-butanol, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, and n-hexane.

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