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
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.