COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THREE INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR THEIR ANTIULCER AND ANTI- OXIDANT ACTIVITIES IN ALBINO RAT

India has a vast variety of medicinal plants. Medicinal plants synthesize variety of phytochemical that helps to defend against wide variety of bacterial, viral and various other types of infections. The synthesized also has anticancer and antioxidant properties. Use of plant as a source of medicine has been an ancient practice and is important component of health system in India. General public, academic and government interest in traditional medicine is growing rapidly due to increase side effects of adverse drug reactions and cost factor of modern system of medicine. The present study focuses on comparison of three Indian medicinal plants Jetropha curcas, Argemone maxicana and Nyctanthes arbor-tristis for their antiulcer and antioxidant activities. Key words: Anti-oxidant, Anti-cancer, Phytochemical