ABSTRACT

Medicinal plants have great value for the treatment and cure various diseases. Now scientific research has expanded our knowledge to discovered chemical composition and active constituents present in medicinal plants. Present research work was undertaken to the phytochemical, antioxidant and antibacterial activity of Physalis minima and Lantana camera. Phytochemical screening of all medicinal plants has been done with the use of solvent methanol, ethanol and water. Extracts of leaves were obtained by soxhlet extraction to find out the active constitution of plants. Phytochemical analysis of leaves extract has discovered the presence of medicinally important phytochemicals such as Saponin, Steroid, Tannin, Anthocyanin, Coumarin, Flavonoid, Diterpine, Phenol, Phlobatannin and Chalcone. The antioxidant of leaves extracts was assessed based on the radical scavenging effect of the stable 1,1-diphenyl-2- picryhydrazyl (DPPH). Antibacterial activity of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of P. minima and L. camera was studies for standard bacteria one Gram-positive (Bacillus Subtilis) and Gramnegative (Escherichia coli). The optimum inhibition zone size value for both the bacteria Bacillus Subtilis and Escherichia coli are 02 mm in P.minima and L.camera. The methanol and ethanol extracts of both plant show significant antioxidant and antibacterial activity. The diversity of phytochemicals founds in P. minima and L. camera leaves could serve as a source of useful drugs. Keywords: P. minima, L. camera, Phytochemical, Antioxidant, Antibacterial Activity
Publication date: 01/11/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.11.6586