301-305The present investigation was formulated to screen the in vitro antioxidant and antibacterial potential of ethanolic
extract of Wood apple, Feronia elephantum
Correa fruit. Antioxidant
ability of the fruit extract was assessed by estimating total phenols,
flavonoids, tannins, total antioxidant capacity and iron chelating activity.
The extract was also examined for its antibacterial efficacy against the
bacterial isolates of clinical significance. The results suggested that the
extract exhibited dose-dependent antioxidant ability and broad-spectrum
antibacterial activity which might possibly be due to the presence of phenolic
constituents of the fruit