Phytochemical Screening and Anti-oxidant Studies of Trigonella Foenum Greacum

The study of plants used in traditional medicine requires the effective integration of information on chemical composition of extracts, pharmacological activities of isolated compounds, as well as indigenous knowledge of traditional healers. This work was mainly concerned with the identification of phytochemicals and its anti-oxidant activity of Trigonella foenum greacum seed extract. From the results we identified that ethanolic extract has highest anti-oxidant activity. Ethanolic extract showed the highest scavenging activity followed by Aqueous extract. DPPH scavenging activity was significantly correlated with phenolics and flavonoids in different extracts.