STUDIES ON PHYTOCHEMICAL, ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIALS FROM THE ROOTS OF BOERHAVIA ERECTA. L.
AbstractBoerhavia erecta is a weedy herb of the family Nyctaginaceae and is commonly available in almost all places. The present study is so designed for phytochemical screening of the plant as well as its antibacterial and antioxidant activities of the root extract of B. erecta. The whole plant was collected in and around Chennai. Phytochemical screening of acetone extract of B. erectarevealed the presence of flavonoids, tannins, phlobatannin, saponin, terpenoids, glycosides. The antibacterial activity of the crude extract was determined by the well diffusion method against four pathogenic bacteria. At higher concentratio the extract showed good zone of inhibition against E.coli and P. aeruginosa. DPPH assay, Reducing power and Hydroxyl radical scavenging assay of acetone extract was studied and compared with standard Quercetin and Ascorbic acid.
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325-330
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English
IJPSR
N. Padma Priya and T.V. Poonguzhali
P.G & Research Department of Botany, Queen Mary’s college, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
priyanarayan89@yahoo.com
26 June, 2015
08 September, 2015
06 November, 2015
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.7(1).325-30
01 January, 2016
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