Comparative Pharmacological Evaluation of Hibiscus rosa sinensis Leaf Extract and Eclipta alba Bark Extract

At present scenario the herbal formulations are widely used due to their efficacy and minimum side effects compared with the allopathic medications. Based on several research studies Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and Eclipta alba have several medicinal properties and these two are mostly used in combination in hair tonics due to their significant impact on the hair growth. These two plants are mostly used in combinations in many poly herbal formulations to enhance the therapeutic activity. This article is based on the study and comparison of antioxidant activity and antidiabetic activity between leaf extract of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and bark extract of Eclipta alba. The comparison of the antioxidant and antidiabetic activities are done at a particular concentration respectively which shows maximum effect from the survey of other Research and review papers. For the antidiabetic activity evaluation starch iodide method was used and for the antioxidant activity evaluation phosphomolybdate assay method was used. Based on the experimental study we conclude that the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis(L) has more antidiabetic activity than Eclipta alba and Eclipta alba has more antioxidant activity than Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.