ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Evaluation of Ethno-Veterinary Grasses from Suburbs through Microscopic Technique: Insights into Antioxidant Defense System and Phenol
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Department of Botany, Government College University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
 
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Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen,Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100, Denmark
 
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Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
 
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Department of Botany, Islamia College Peshawar, 25120 Peshawar, Pakistan
 
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University Public School, University of Peshawar, 25120 Peshawar, Pakistan
 
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Faculty of Biosciences, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
 
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Department of Botany, University of Gujrat, Gujrat 50700, Pakistan
 
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Plant Breeding and Genetics, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture, Multan 66000, Pakistan
 
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Department of Agronomy, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan
 
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Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
 
 
Submission date: 2023-08-20
 
 
Final revision date: 2023-10-23
 
 
Acceptance date: 2023-11-28
 
 
Online publication date: 2024-03-26
 
 
Publication date: 2024-04-09
 
 
Corresponding author
Uzma Hanif   

Department of Botany, Government College University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
 
 
Muhammad Nauman Khan   

Department of Botany, Islamia College Peshawar, 25120 Peshawar, Pakistan
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(3):3367-3379
 
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This research work was conducted to investigate the anatomical and antioxidant studies of some ethnoveterinary grasses (Cenchrus pennisetiformis and Dichanthium annulatum). The anatomical characteristics (compact epidermal layer, large cortical cells, thickened sclerenchyma, central and scattered vascular bundles, large metaxylem, small protoxylem, and centrally located pith) were observed. For the antioxidant activity studies, the crude methanol extract was prepared by maceration techniques and different fractions were prepared (n-hexane, chloroform, and aqueous solution). The maximum antioxidant potential in DPPH was shown by C. pennisetiformis at a concentration of 250 μL in the chloroform fraction, while D. annulatum showed a maximum value of 68.47±0.30 at a concentration of 250 μL in the methanolic extract. In both species, chloroform extract in TAA showed maximum potency at a concentration of 500 μL, but C. pennisetiformis showed a higher value (i.e. 1.15±0.0018) and D. annulatum showed a lever value (i.e. 1.05±0.0017). The best reducing power in FRAP was shown by D. annulatum followed by C. pennisetiformis. C. pennisetiformis showed the highest value in the chloroform fraction while D. annulatum showed a higher significant value in the methanol fraction. These grasses have the potential to control several diseases caused by ROS in animals.
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