Vicia variabilis a Nutritive Feed for Domesticated Animals: A Survey about Cytotoxic and Antioxidant Activity

Safety and beneficence of farm animal nutrition plays a great role in their healthy life which in turn have impact on human nutrition via diary or meat products. Assessing safety and beneficence of Vicia varibilis Freyn and Sint. Which is chosen intrinsically by domesticated animals of Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Iran is the aim of the present work. Our results not only show no cytotoxic activity in 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,4-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay but also admit the antioxidant activity of the species through scavenging of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radicals confirmed in DPPH assay.