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Anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties of some ethno-therapeutically important medicinal plants of Indian Himalayan Region
Therapeutic potential of medicinal plants as a source of noble natural anti-oxidants and anti-microbial agents has been well recognised all across the globe. In this study, phenolic compounds, in vitro anti-oxidant activity and anti-microbial properties have been investigated in five Himalayan medic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4949164/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28330226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13205-016-0470-2 |
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author | Rawat, Sandeep Jugran, Arun K. Bahukhandi, Amit Bahuguna, Asutosh Bhatt, Indra D. Rawal, Ranbeer S. Dhar, Uppeandra |
author_facet | Rawat, Sandeep Jugran, Arun K. Bahukhandi, Amit Bahuguna, Asutosh Bhatt, Indra D. Rawal, Ranbeer S. Dhar, Uppeandra |
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description | Therapeutic potential of medicinal plants as a source of noble natural anti-oxidants and anti-microbial agents has been well recognised all across the globe. In this study, phenolic compounds, in vitro anti-oxidant activity and anti-microbial properties have been investigated in five Himalayan medicinal plants, (e.g., Acorus calamus, Habenaria intermedia, Hedychium spicatum, Roscoea procera and Valeriana jatamansi) in different solvent systems. R. procera exhibited significantly (p < 0.05) higher phenolics; while H. spicatum was rich in flavonoids and V. jatamansi in anti-oxidant activity. Also, R. procera and H. spicatum were found rich in gallic acid; V. jatamansi in catechin, hydroxylbenzoic acid and caffeic acid and H. intermedia in hydroxyl benzoic acid. Solvent systems showed species specific response for extraction of total flavonoids and anti-oxidant activity. All the extracts were found effective against different bacterial and fungal strains in a dose dependent manner and maximum antimicrobial activity was found in R. procera as compared to other species. All the plant extracts showed greater activity against bacterial strains as compared to fungal strains. The results of this study suggest that extract of these species can be used as natural anti-oxidant to reduce free radical mediated disorders and as natural alternative for food preservation. |
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spelling | pubmed-49491642016-07-19 Anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties of some ethno-therapeutically important medicinal plants of Indian Himalayan Region Rawat, Sandeep Jugran, Arun K. Bahukhandi, Amit Bahuguna, Asutosh Bhatt, Indra D. Rawal, Ranbeer S. Dhar, Uppeandra 3 Biotech Original Article Therapeutic potential of medicinal plants as a source of noble natural anti-oxidants and anti-microbial agents has been well recognised all across the globe. In this study, phenolic compounds, in vitro anti-oxidant activity and anti-microbial properties have been investigated in five Himalayan medicinal plants, (e.g., Acorus calamus, Habenaria intermedia, Hedychium spicatum, Roscoea procera and Valeriana jatamansi) in different solvent systems. R. procera exhibited significantly (p < 0.05) higher phenolics; while H. spicatum was rich in flavonoids and V. jatamansi in anti-oxidant activity. Also, R. procera and H. spicatum were found rich in gallic acid; V. jatamansi in catechin, hydroxylbenzoic acid and caffeic acid and H. intermedia in hydroxyl benzoic acid. Solvent systems showed species specific response for extraction of total flavonoids and anti-oxidant activity. All the extracts were found effective against different bacterial and fungal strains in a dose dependent manner and maximum antimicrobial activity was found in R. procera as compared to other species. All the plant extracts showed greater activity against bacterial strains as compared to fungal strains. The results of this study suggest that extract of these species can be used as natural anti-oxidant to reduce free radical mediated disorders and as natural alternative for food preservation. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016-07-18 2016-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4949164/ /pubmed/28330226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13205-016-0470-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Rawat, Sandeep Jugran, Arun K. Bahukhandi, Amit Bahuguna, Asutosh Bhatt, Indra D. Rawal, Ranbeer S. Dhar, Uppeandra Anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties of some ethno-therapeutically important medicinal plants of Indian Himalayan Region |
title | Anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties of some ethno-therapeutically important medicinal plants of Indian Himalayan Region |
title_full | Anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties of some ethno-therapeutically important medicinal plants of Indian Himalayan Region |
title_fullStr | Anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties of some ethno-therapeutically important medicinal plants of Indian Himalayan Region |
title_full_unstemmed | Anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties of some ethno-therapeutically important medicinal plants of Indian Himalayan Region |
title_short | Anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties of some ethno-therapeutically important medicinal plants of Indian Himalayan Region |
title_sort | anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties of some ethno-therapeutically important medicinal plants of indian himalayan region |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4949164/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28330226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13205-016-0470-2 |
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