Antioxidant Compounds and Antioxidant Activities of the Methanolic Extracts from Cockscome (Celosia cristata L.) Flowers

Celosia cristata Linn. flowers as a new source of nutraceuticals- A study on nutritional composition, chemical characterization and in-vitro antioxidant capacity

“…The flower contained higher amounts of flavonoids and saponins. The results are in agreement with those reported previously (Islam et al, 2016;Woo et al, 2011). Earlier studies have reported that alkaloids, tannins, and phenolic compounds might be responsible for anthelmintic properties exhibited by plant extracts (Suman et al, 2011), explaining its use as an anthelmintic.…”

“…Earlier studies have reported that alkaloids, tannins, and phenolic compounds might be responsible for anthelmintic properties exhibited by plant extracts (Suman et al, 2011), explaining its use as an anthelmintic. Flavonoids and saponins possess numerous health benefits like ability to scavenge free radicals, blood lipid modulation, reducing inflammation, thus supporting its use as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory agent and in reducing the risk of CVDs, The amount of total phenols in CCF extract was 47.29 mg GAE/g which was more than that stated in previous reports on the same flower (Woo et al, 2011) as well as other edible flowers (Rachkeeree et al, 2018). Our findings are in agreement with the authors who have reported almost same values for total phenolic content in aqueous and alcoholic extracts of C. cristata (Islam et al, 2016;Kim et al, 2012Kim et al, , 2015 3.6.…”

“…The dried red flowers are effective against hematuria, abdominal pains, leucorrhea, heavy menstrual bleeding, hemoptysis, hemorrhoid bleeding and osteoporosis (Anderson, 1986;Foster and Chongxi, 1992;Motaleb et al, 2015). Apart from its use in folklore medicine, scientific investigations have reported its hepatoprotective, antimicrobial, anthelmintic, antimelanocyte, antinoceceptive, anti-oxidant, anti-aging and adipogenesis reduction activities (Yun et al, 2008;Wang et al, 2010;Woo et al, 2011;Jayanthy and Shafna, 2012;Fitoussi et al, 2013;Islam et al, 2016). Traditional healers (hakims) practicing in the Kashmir Valley mostly follow the Yunani system of medicine and use dried, powdered red inflorescences and seeds of C. cristata in accurately measured proportions (depending upon the ailment being targeted) in most of their traditional remedies.…”

A Comprehensive Review of Phytochemical and Pharmacological Overview on Celosia Cristata for Future Prospective Research

“…Medicinal plants have a wide range of pharmacological effects. Celosia cristata (CC) is an annual plant [1][2][3][4][5][6] of tropical origin and lacking a woody stem. It grows well in both humid and arid conditions and their flowers can last for up to 8 weeks.…”

Purification of a ribosome-inactivating protein with antioxidation and root developer potencies from Celosia plumosa

“…It is often used for the treatment of hematemesis, abnormal uterine bleeding, hematochezia, hemorrhoidal bleeding, leukorrhea, chronic dysentery with persistent diarrhoea, redness of the eye and dizziness (Kirtikar and Basu 1935;Surse et al 2014). Several biological activities like antioxidant, antiviral, anti-aging and anthelmintic actions are attributed to this plant species (Pyo et al 2008;Woo et al 2011;Rubini et al 2012). Its leaves contain two glycoproteins, namely 'CCP-25' and 'CCP-27' with ribosome-inactivating antiviral/antioxidant ability (Balasubrahmanyam et al 2000;Gholizadeh et al 2005).…”