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Study on Antioxidant Capacity and Phenolic Content of Various Parts of Wax Gourd (Benincasa hispida)

This study investigated the antioxidant capacity and total phenolic content of various part of wax gourd (Benincasa hispida) extracts. The antioxidant capacity of skin, pulp and seed of wax gourd extracts were measured by three different assays such as scavenging activity, ferric reducing activity and -arotene bleaching assays. For total phenolic content, Folin-Ciocalteau assay was used in the study. The seed extract of wax gourd showed the highest antioxidant capacity for scavenging activity, ferric reducing activity and -carotene bleaching assays and also exhibited highest total phenolic content as compared to skin and pulp extract of wax gourd. A positive correlations were obtained for parts (pulp, skin and seed) of wax gourd extracts between total phenolic content with ferric reducing activity (R = 0.874) and also with % antioxidant activity (R = 0.989). 22