PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY OF THE ANTIARIS TOXICARIA

Abstract

Antiaris toxicaria is a tree in the mulberry and fig family, Moraceae. It is the only species currently recognized in the genus Antiaris. The genus Antiaris was at one time considered to consist of several species, but is now regarded as just one variable species which can be further divided into five subspecies. One significant difference within the species is that the size of the fruit decreases as one travels from Africa to Polynesia.[4] Antiaris has a remarkably wide distribution in tropical regions, occurring in Australia, tropical Asia, tropical Africa, Indonesia, the Philippines, Tonga, and various other tropical islands. Its seeds are spread by various birds and bats, and it is not clear how many of the populations are essentially invasive. The species is of interest as a source of wood, bark cloth, and pharmacological or toxic substances. In phytochemical analysis, sterols, tannins, anthracene, saponins, flavonoids, terpenes, phenolic nucleus, terpenes, reducing sugars, alkaloids, proteins, coumarins, saponosides were present in flowers extract of Antiaris toxicaria. sterols, tannins, phenolic nucleus, terpenes, reducing sugars, coumarins, saponosides were present in flowers extract of Antiaris toxicaria. Techniques for determining antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities that are well-known. Both the flowers andfruitsextractof Antiaris toxicariahave substantial antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Anti-inflammatory activity is maximum in ethanol extract for flowers and fruits extracts of Antiaris toxicaria.