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In India, a wide variety of medicinal plants are reported and utilized by people for the treatment of various diseases for a long time. The present study deals with quantitative analysis of phytochemicals like total phenols, tannins, and flavonoids as well as in-vitro antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of ethanolic extract of Ocimum basilicum L. The values of total phenols, tannins, and flavonoids were found to be 5.02±0.06 µg Gallic acid equivalent/mg, 7.80±0.05 µg Gallic acid equivalent/mg, and 6.00±0.06 µg quercetin equivalent/mg alcoholic extract respectively. The antioxidant activity was measured by DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl-hydrate) assay. The highest antioxidant activity of plant extract was observed at 60 µg/ml and maximum inhibition was recorded at 55.12%. The IC50 value of plant extract was found to be 24.81 µg/ml. In-vitro anti-inflammatory activity was measured by the human red blood cell (HRBC) membrane stabilization method. The hypo tonicity-induced HRBC were exposed to different concentrations of ethanolic extract of Ocimum basilicum L. and HRBC membrane lysis and membrane stabilization percentages were calculated against diclofenac sodium. The ethanolic extract exhibited significant HRBC membrane stabilization compared to diclofenac sodium; 98±0.57% membrane stabilization was observed at a dose of 1000 µg/ml.

Wild edible plants playing important role in the nutrition, hygien, medicinal and conventional lifestyles of the people. The area of Jashpur is rich biodiversity and tribal culture, dependent for sustenance on wild edible plants. These are not only consumed in the Jashpur area, but are also sold in local markets for the benefit of different sections of plants used in different types of diseases. The Survey was conducted on Jashpur district several villages where meeting with local medicine men, Baiga, Vaidya, local people and collect the data regarding to ethnomedicinal wild edible plants. In this study during field survey total 20 ethno medicinal wild edible plant species were identified which are used by the tribal or local people of Jashpur district Chhattisgarh. A total of 20 species belonging to 17 families were documented from the study area. Out of the recorded species were 5 herbs, 3 shrubs, 2 rhizome, 3 climbers, and the rest 7 were trees. Plant parts such as leaves, fruit, young twigs, shoots, rhizomes, roots, flowers, seeds, etc. These plants are also used for medicine as well as food people community.