Phytochemicals and antioxidant activities of Nitophyllum marginale Available to Purchase

Since the ancient times seaweeds has been employed as a potential source of bioactive compounds which is very important in the health-care system. The current study was designed to analyze the bioactive potentiality of marine red algae Nitophyllum marginale collected from the south east coastal region of India. The primary metabolism was extracted using chloroform and methanol. The extracted metabolites were screened for phytochemical analysis which exhibit the presence of Alkaloids, Flavonoids, Phenol, Saponins, Tannins, steroids, Terpenoids, phenol and Total phenolic content, Furthermore the metabolites was accessed to analyse the potential of the scavenging activity of seaweed through DPPH(1,1-diphenyl-2-picrilhydrazil), ABTS (2,2-azinobis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonicacid), Scavenging activity in which the major solvents of chloroform exhibited a good antioxidant activity.