Seedlings of Oroxylum indicum Contain Traces of Chrysin in Their Roots

Abstract

Oroxylum indicum (L.) Vent. belongs to family bignoniaceae and contain flavonoids of medicinal value, the chrysin is among them. Chrysin has many biological activities i.e. antibacterial, antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antiallergic, anticancer and antiestrogenic. A study was conducted to ascertain the variation of chrysin content in the roots of Oroxylum indicum among three different growth stages i.e. seedling, pole and tree. The chrysin content in roots extracted from three stages were analyzed by using HPLC. It was observed that, seedling stage had traces of chrysin (3.3148 µg ml-1).