10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 6 Issue 3 2015 (July - September) To elucidate the pigment molecules and antioxidant activity of anthocyanins from the pericarp of lessThan i greaterThan Terminalia catapa lessThan /i greaterThan L. fruits. Method: Anthocyanins were isolated from the pericarp using standard method of isolation and their antioxidant activity was measured by lessThan i greaterThan In vitro lessThan /i greaterThan methods lessThan i greaterThan viz lessThan /i greaterThan ., DPPH assay, metal chelating activity, reducing power and H lessThan sub greaterThan 2 lessThan /sub greaterThan O lessThan sub greaterThan 2 lessThan /sub greaterThan scavenging assay. Results: The anthocyanins exhibited 70.11%, 64.66% and 70.6% inhibition at 100 µg/ml against DPPH, ferrous ion and hydrogen peroxide respectively. The reducing power was found to be concentration dependent. Conclusion: The anthocyanins isolated from pericarp of lessThan i greaterThan Terminalia lessThan /i greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan catapa lessThan /i greaterThan could be a source of natural pigment with antioxidant property. M. RAMA PRABHA anthocyanins, antioxidant activity, Teminalia catappa 72-76