Antioxidant Properties of the Ethyl Acetate Fraction of Intsia Palembanica (Merbau, Fabaceae)

Abstract

Plants are playing an important role in maintaining human health and improving the quality of life. Since their ancestors, many people from developing countries have been using traditionally plant-derived products, especially from forests, to treat human and livestock diseases Rao et al. A few countries such as China, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cuba, and a few others have sanctioned the official use of traditional of medicine in their healthcare programs Prajapati et al. [1].