Potential activity of in vitro antioxidant on methanolic extract of babylonia zeylanica (bruguiere, 1789) from mudasalodai, southeast coast of india

Molluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. Molluscs have more varied forms than any other animal phylum. They include snails, slugs and other gastropods; clams and other bivalves. The marine molluscs Babylonia zeylanica was similar or superior to other marine shellfish and utilized as an alternative meat source in human diet. The malnutrition problem in our country can be overcome by effective utilization of nutrient rich molluscan seafood. In this present study, the tissue of B. zeylanica was extracted with methanol and the presence of various in-vitro antioxidant assays was evaluated. Methanolic extract of B. zeylanica revealed the total antioxidant activity (78.6±0.40 at 10mg/ml), Superoxide radical (86.2±0.06 at 0.5mg/ml), Hydroxyl radical (65.4±0.10 at 10mg/ml), DPPH radical (19.1±0.15 at 10mg/ml), Measurement of reducing power (0.301±0.025 at 0.75mg/ml) and Metal-ion chelating assay (54.6±0.01 at 10mg/ml). The results of the present findings conclude that the methanolic extract from B. zeylanica has potent antioxidant activity. © 2014 Universal Research Publications. All rights reserved