Piper sarmentosum (PS) is an herb with various medicinal properties. The antioxidant activity of PS contributes to many
of its pharmacological effects such as anti-hypertension, anti-cancer and anti-diabetes. This systematic review provides
information regarding the antioxidant activity of PS. The review was conducted systematically to identify relevant published
articles on the antioxidant activity of PS. The collected data was based on the searched articles through PubMed, Science
Direct and Scopus databases between the years 1946 until March 2018. Only articles written in English and related
to antioxidant activity of PS were included in this review. Based on the literature searched, 130 potential articles were
identified and 19 articles met the inclusion criteria. Ten studies related to chemical assays, five studies combined in vivo
animal and chemical assays, three studies combined chemical assays and in vitro studies and a single study combined
chemical assay, in vitro and in vivo studies were included in this review. All studies showed positive effects of PS against
oxidation, indicating the potential of PS as a source of natural antioxidant.