ANTIOXIDATIVE AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF FOUR IMPORTANT MEDICINAL HERBS OF BANGLADESH

  • Sanzida Mubassara Professor, Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka
  • Amrita Kumar Sarkar Lecturer, Department of Ayurvedic Medicine, Government Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College, Mirpur, Dhaka
  • *Md. Nazmul Huda Lecturer, Department of Ayurvedic Medicine, Government Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College, Mirpur, Dhaka
Keywords: Alstonia scolaris, Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Centella asiatica, Euphorbia hirta, Holarrhena antidysenterica.

Abstract

The evaluation of total phenolic contents, antioxidant properties and antimicrobial activities of four medicinal plants such as Centella asiatica, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Euphorbia hirta, Alstonia scolaris were performed using 80% methanol as a solvent. They were screening out to investigate their phytochemical properties. Preliminary phytochemical studies revealed the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, steroids, phenols, saponins, terpenoid, cardiac glycosides and tannins as the chemical class present in the extracts. The results suggest the phytochemical properties of the plant for curing various ailments. Preliminary antioxidative activities of the samples were also determined and among them we found that Centella asiatica contained highest total poly phenols (77.40 mg GAE/g sample) as well as DPPH radical scavenging activity (88.16%) and reducing power (OD=1.36). This shows that the plant may be potent source of natural antioxidants. The antimicrobial activity can be determined only in Centella asiatica and Holarrhena antidysenterica methanolic extract. However both of them showed considerable level of activity against standard strains and clinical isolates of some gram positive and gram negative bacteria. The obtained results provide a support for the use of these plants in traditional medicine and for its further investigation.

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Published
08-11-2017
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Mubassara, S., Kumar Sarkar, A., & Huda, *Md. N. (2017). ANTIOXIDATIVE AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF FOUR IMPORTANT MEDICINAL HERBS OF BANGLADESH. International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharma Research, 5(10). Retrieved from https://ijapr.in/index.php/ijapr/article/view/795
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