Abstract:
Plant extracts are used extensively to treat many diseases. Many herbs extracts possess
antimicrobial activity against a wide range of bacteria, yeast, molds and viruses due to
phytochemical constituents. In this study extracts of Fumaria officinalis and Convolvulus
arvensis were used. The main objectives of this study were to examine the in-vitro antioxidant
and in-vivo hematological parameters of Convolvulus arvensis and Fumaria officinalis, to
evaluate the effects of antioxidant fractions of two herbs on hematological parameters of
rabbits, to evaluate the medicinal use and value of selected herbs. Various fractions were used
to determine the antioxidant activities using Hydrogen peroxide, Phosphomolybdenum and
DPPH assays. In H2O2 assay, methanolic extract of F. officinalis and C. avensis showed a pretty
good percentage of antioxidant activity 82% to 90% at the highest concentration i.e, 1 mg/ml.
Both C. arvensis and F. officinalis showed 88% of antioxidant effect through DPPH radical
scavenging assay.
