PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND in vitro ANTIOXIDANT AND  ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF ETHANOLIC LEAF EXTRACT OF  Achyranthes aspera L.

Garima Tamta; Neha Malik; Vinita Gauri; Viveka Nand

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Garima Tamta Department of Chemistry, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, Uttarakhand (India)
Neha Malik Department of Chemistry, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, Uttarakhand (India)
Vinita Gauri Department of Zoology, Soban Singh Jeena University, Almora - 263 601, Uttarakhand (India)
Viveka Nand Department of Chemistry, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, Uttarakhand (India)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Achyranthes aspera, antibacterial, antioxidants, flavonoid, GC-MS analysis, leaf extract, phenols, phytoconstituents

Abstract

The present study was aimed to evaluate the phytochemicals present in the ethanolic extract of Achyranthes aspera leaves (EEAA) and identify the bioactive compounds by GC-MS analysis. In vitro antioxidant activity was measured by using DPPH, metal chelating and superoxide radical scavenging assays. The anti-bacterial activity was assayed by disc diffusion method. The results revealed the presence of phenols, flavonoids, and tannins in significant amount in EEAA [372 ± 2 mg GAE g-1, 22.6 ± 1.34 mg CE g-1 and 242 ± 2 mg TAE g-1, respectively. GC-MS analysis revealed the presence of 20 major bioactive compounds with 74.36% total leaf extract, dominated by phytol (10.67%), palmitic acid (6.56%), pseudo-ephedrine (6.06%) and hexacosane (5.76%). EEAA exhibited a maximum DPPH radical scavenging activity of 46.3%. The metal chelation activity in EEAA was 58.8%. The EEAA exhibited a maximum of 46.51% superoxide scavenging activity. In vitro antibacterial activity of EEAA assayed against three human pathogenic bacteria viz., Salmonella typhi, Bacillus subtilisand Escherichia coli. EEAA showed maximum inhibition against B. subtilis (16.33 ± 0.577 mm). The study revealed that A. aspera is a potential source for developing health-oriented products.

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