2024 Vol. 30 No.2 PP 295-300

https://doi.org/10.33451/florafauna.v30i2pp295-300

Nutritional, antioxidant and medicinal potential of Artocarpus lacucha, an underutilized fruit from Manipur, India

*Thangjam Surchandra Singh and Soibam Giri Singh¹ The present study dealt with the nutritional composition, antioxidant potential, and enzyme inhibitory activities of the methanolic extract of Artocarpus lacucha fruit. The fresh fruit contained 75.5±2.45% moisture, 0.24±0.04% crude protein, 0.63±0.08% crude fat, and 1.26±0.12% ash. It also included 2.47±0.06% crude fiber, 9.48±0.52% reducing sugar, and 13.41±0.73 mg/100g vitamin C. The total phenolic and flavonoid contents were recorded as 19.6±0.6 mg GAE/g and 8.57±0.8 mg QE/g extract, respectively. The methanolic extract exhibited antioxidant activity with IC50 values of 144.0±2.94 μg/ml for the ABTS assay and 300.1±20 μg/ml for the DPPH assay. The FRAP assay indicated a reducing power of 0.161±0.01 mM Fe Eq/g extract. Enzyme inhibitory activities were observed with IC50 values of 150±4.6 μg/ml for ACE inhibition, 1050±34.2 μg/ml for tyrosinase inhibition, and 725.4±28.2 μg/ml for xanthine oxidase inhibition, highlighting its potential for pharmaceutical applications

KEY WORDS : Angiotensin converting enzyme, Antioxidant activity; Artocarpus lacucha; Tyrosinase, Xanthine oxidase.