Open AccessPHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF MILLINGTONIA HORTENSIS (L)
Author(s) -
Arumugam Janaki,
P.K. Kaleena,
D. Elumalai,
P. Hemalatha,
M. Niranjan Babu,
Kuppan Velu,
Sudha Ravi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of current pharmaceutical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-7066
DOI - 10.22159/ijcpr.2017v9i5.2217
Subject(s) - phytochemical , dpph , chemistry , petroleum ether , antioxidant , phenols , antibacterial activity , chloroform , traditional medicine , organic chemistry , food science , biochemistry , biology , extraction (chemistry) , bacteria , genetics , medicine
Objective: Millingtonia hortensis Linn (Bignoniaceae) is commonly known as cork tree and Akash neem. Aim of studies to determine the antioxidant activity and antibacterial activity.Methods: The antioxidant activity of different solvent extracts were measured by chemical analyses involving the assay of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity and super oxide radical scavenging activity.Results: Phytochemicals (secondary metabolites) screening of methanol, chloroform, ethanol, petroleum ether, aqueous leaf extracts revealed the presence of carbohydrates, tannins, saponins, flavonoids, alkaloids, betacyanins, phenols and coumarins.Conclusion: The presence of these phytochemicals and antioxidant capacity support the use of this plant as an antibacterial agent against the group of micro organisms tested.Â