• Mundeep G. Awaley
• Jayendra G. Nakade
• Ankit S. Kale
• Himanshu S. Jaiswal

Boswellia serrata (BS) is an important traditional medicinal plant also known as Indian frankincense, is currently represents an interesting topic for pharmaceutical research since it possesses several pharmacological properties (e.g., anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antitumour). B. serrata (Salai/Salai guggul), is a moderate to large sized branching tree of family Burseraceae (Genus Boswellia), grows in dry mountainous regions of India, Northern Africa and Middle East. In the present research, B. serrata bark was collected from Pohra forest region, Dist. Amravati Maharashtra. Aqueous and Ethanolic extract of B. serrata bark was prepared to study in vitro antioxidant activity using DPPH assay. Our results showed that Ethanolic B. serrata bark extract shows more antioxidant activity i.e. 80% percent inhibition as compare to aqueous extract 60%. The TLC based separation of metabolites was peformed using Choloroform : Methanol (15 : 1) solvent system which suggest the presence of metabolites of several class. The GC-MS anlaysis of the Ethanolic B. serrata bark extract confirms the presence of various bioactive metabolites including sydone-3-benzyl, 4-karene, trans-1,2,4,5-diepoxy –methane, 5-eicosene etc in maximum amount.

Antioxidant activity, Boswellia serrata, TLC, DPPH, GC-MS

"Antioxidant Activity and Characterization of Ethanolic Bark Extract of Boswellia serrata", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 11, page no.102-111, November-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2011313.pdf

"Antioxidant Activity and Characterization of Ethanolic Bark Extract of Boswellia serrata", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 11, page no. pp102-111, November-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2011313.pdf