{"title":"Antibacterial and Antioxidant Potential of Arisaema jacquemontii Blume from Manali, Himachal Pradesh","authors":"K. Bala, Jagriti Rana, A. Sagar","doi":"10.5958/2320-3196.2019.00004.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2320-3196.2019.00004.1","url":null,"abstract":"Manali is not only a famous tourist place but also a treasure of many traditional medicines. The antibacterial and antioxidant potential of leaves, tubers and fruit of Arisaema jacquemonti Blume were evaluated in different extracts viz. acetone, chloroform, distilled water and methanol. The samples were collected from the area of Manali. Using Agar-well diffusion method and different concentrations of extracts (25%, 50%, 75% and 100%), the antibacterial activity was tested against three Gram-negative bacteria (Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Shigella dysenteriae) and two Gram-positive bacteria (Lysteria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus). Streptomycin (5 μg/ml) was taken as a standard antibiotic. Percent inhibition of bacterial growth was calculated for each tested extract. The tuber acetone, fruit methanol and leaf methanol extract were found to be more effective against some the tested bacteria than the standard antibiotic used. The chloroform and distilled water extract showed negligible results. IC50 value was calculated after 2, 2 Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyal (DPPH) free radical scavenging assay to investigate the antioxidant potential at different concentrations (20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 μg/ml). Ascorbic acid at similar concentrations was taken as standard (IC50 = 31.33μg/ml). The methanolleaf extract was found to exhibit highest antioxidant potential with IC50 value of 47.89μg/ml followed by methanol-tuber, waterfruit, acetone-fruit and methanol-fruit, acetone-tuber, acetone-leaf and water-leaf extracts. The results can be taken as a base for further analysis and isolation of active compounds of this plant.","PeriodicalId":322005,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Botany","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126441967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantitative Analysis of Phytochemical Compounds in the Cotton (Gossypium) Seed Extracts; an Important Commercial Crop Plant","authors":"R. Chandrashekhar, B. Ram, N. Bhavani","doi":"10.5958/2320-3196.2019.00007.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2320-3196.2019.00007.7","url":null,"abstract":"Almost all the parts of the plant viz., bark, root, stem and seeds are known to have various medicinal properties. The trend of using natural products has increased and the active plant extracts are frequently screened for new drug discoveries and for the presence of antimicrobials. According to the world health organization, medicinal plants would be the best source to obtain a variety of drugs. Therefore, such plants should be investigated to better understand their properties, safety and efficiency. In the present study the cotton plant was selected to determine the yield of phytochemicals quantitatively from the crude extracts of seeds. Cotton belongs to the family Malvaceae , genus Gossypium ; popularly known as white gold is an important commercial crop in India. The plant has been found to possess several ethno medicinal uses. Scientific investigations have shown that cotton roots and seeds contain certain compounds that may be beneficial to the health, potentially for treating Cancer and HIV. The seed extracts were prepared by using acetone, chloroform, ethanol, ethyl acetate, methanol, petroleum ether and water. The yield of phytochemicals were calculated as weight/weight in all the seven solvents and are studied for seven phytochemical compounds. The maximum numbers of phytochemical compounds are soluble in methanol and ethyl acetate. Results revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavanoids, total phenols, tannins, saponins, terpenoids and glycosides in varying content; among the seven phytochemicals phenols are abundantly presents in cotton seed.","PeriodicalId":322005,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Botany","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132832496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pseudocereal Buckwheat With Potential Anticancer Activity","authors":"S. Das, R. Avasthe, G. Ghosh, S. K. Dutta","doi":"10.5958/2320-3196.2019.00013.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2320-3196.2019.00013.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":322005,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Botany","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116034295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contraceptive Capability of Herbs and Plants: A Review","authors":"S. Shubhangi","doi":"10.5958/2320-3196.2021.00007.0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2320-3196.2021.00007.0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":322005,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Botany","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129361771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of Some Cytotoxic Chemicals on Onion (Allium cepa L.) and Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.)","authors":"Aveek Samanta","doi":"10.5958/2320-3196.2019.00009.0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2320-3196.2019.00009.0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":322005,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Botany","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123504848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fluoride Removal from Ground Water Sample by Pistia stratiotes","authors":"S. Karmakar, J. Mukherjee, S. Mukherjee","doi":"10.5958/2320-3196.2019.00008.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2320-3196.2019.00008.9","url":null,"abstract":"Fluoride in ground water is a well recognized problem in different parts of the earth including India. Various physiochemical separation processes are available which are to be considered as environmental friendly. Phytoremediation technology reported in the literature as a sustainable and cost effective green technology and its availability is ubiquitous in India. An investigation was undertaken in Environmental Engineering laboratory, Jadavpur University Kolkata to examine the potential of Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) for removal of fluoride from a real life groundwater samples collected from fluoride affected tubewell. The initial concentration of fluoride in ground water sample was found to be 8.12 ± 1.26 mg/l. The experimental result showed that for a biomass (Pistia stratiotes) of 80 g/L, 29.37% fluoride was removed after an10 days of exposure time following the pseudo first order reaction kinetics.","PeriodicalId":322005,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Botany","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130366868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Cyto-morphological Studies in Physalis minima Linn.","authors":"R. Choudhary","doi":"10.5958/2320-3196.2021.00003.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2320-3196.2021.00003.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":322005,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Botany","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126313199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}