There is currently an upsurge of interest in phytochemicals as new sources of natural antioxidants in foods and pharmaceutical preparations in order to replace synthetic antioxidants,which are being restricted due to their potential health risks and toxicity.Here 70% ethanol extract of eighty-two selected Traditional Chinese Herbal which can be used as functional food have been analyzed for their free radical-scavenging activity in different systems of assay,e.g.