EVALUATION OF INVITRO ANTIOXIDANT AND INVIVO ANTIANXIETY ACTIVITIES OF ETHANOL EXTRACT OF ABELMOSCHUS MANIHOT (L.) IN ADULT ZEBRA FISH

A medicinal plant is a plant that is used in herbal medicine. In addition to being used for medicinal purposes, plants are also studied for their use. There is approximately one-third of adults who suffer from anxiety, making it among the most prevalent mental illnesses. A volume of 5L of this solution was prepared and poured into the tank. There were no abnormalities detected in the primary or secondary lamellae in the gills. Zebra fish exhibited symptoms of agitation and freezing when exposed to an ethanol solution. As a result of exposure to different concentrations of ethanolic extracts of Abelmoschus pungens (100 mg/ml, 50 mg/ml, 25 mg/ml, 12.5 mg/ml, and 6.25 mg/ml), there was no mortality or morbidity among the fish. Consequently, only botanically based medications were considered. Zebra fish were injected with ethanol-induced anxiety and reserpine-induced depression in order to test the effect of Abelmoschus pungens extract's powerful antioxidant properties.