Antioxidative potential of kabasura kudineer (KSK), an official siddha polyherbal formulation

ABSTRACT

Siddha’s folk medicine system is used to enhance immune responses as preventive medicine. Siddha medicine’s enormousplethora of data will enhance human wellbeing. Since the oldyears, Kabasura Kudineer(KSK) has beenanimmunedrugtoseveralillnesses. Aqueous extract was employed for preparing the extract and analyzed for Total Antioxidant Capacity, Fe2+ chelating activity assay, Hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity, ABTS Scavenging assay and Reducing power assay. Thiswas found to possess high antioxidant properties of aqueous extract of KSK and their derivatives have been confirmed with the different tests. This experimentation further affirms the antioxidative nature of KSK extract, which further aid in the fight in this COVID-19 pandemic situation.