10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 4 Issue 3 2013 (July - September) Four successive extracts of the fruits of lessThan i greaterThan Ehretia laevis lessThan /i greaterThan were subjected to preliminary phytochemical analysis, total phenols, tannins, flavonoid and Vitamin C content analysis and subjected to lessThan i greaterThan in vitro lessThan /i greaterThan antioxidant activity using eight different test methods including Reducing ability, Ferrous chelating and metal chelating ability, DPPH (1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl), Hydroxyl radical, Hydrogen peroxide, Nitric oxide radical scavenging abilities. The total phenol and flavonoid contents in the methanol extract were found to be higher than that of other extracts. The reducing power ability of the methanol extract was commendable with IC lessThan sub greaterThan 50 lessThan /sub greaterThan value of 27.33 ± 0.45µg/ml. The DPPH radical scavenging activity of the hexane extract was richer than that of the methanol extract. Overall, methanol extract was found to have high antioxidant potential. This antioxidant potential along with good phenolic content tends to pave this wild plant fruit suggested for domesticate and health supplement which will definitely fragile the disease prone. SIVASANKARI V, REVATHI P AND PARIMELAZHAGAN T Ehretia laevis, Antioxidant activity, DPPH, phenolics, tannins, vitamin C 847-857