Antibacterial and antioxidant activity analysis of some wild medicinal plants
Inayat Ullah, Safia Gul, Rizwan Ullah Khan, Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, Hameed Ur Rehman, Nisar Ahmad, Aziz-ud-Din, Sahibzada Muhammad Jawad, Yasir Ihtesham and Shuhab Ur Rehman
The present study was performed for the analysis of antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of wild edible plants: Amaranthus thunbergii, Caralluma edulis, Allium astrosanguineum, Rumex patientia and Portulaca oleracea. Which were collected from the arid region of South Waziristan Agency (FATA), Pakistan. The experiment was performed for antibacterial activity for both aqueous and methanolic extracts of selected plants against the three bacteria: Clavibacter michiganensis, Ralstonia solanacearum and Erwinia carotovora. It was observed that the aqueous extract of plants were not effective against these bacteria while the methanolic extract of plants showed light to moderate activity. The antioxidant activities of different fraction of the methanolic extracts were indicated in the range of 69.08-84.89%. From the current study, it may be concluded that the selected plants have the potential of antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, which play a key role in controlling a variety of diseases caused by various pathogens of bacteria and by the oxidation of free radical in the body.
Inayat Ullah, Safia Gul, Rizwan Ullah Khan, Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, Hameed Ur Rehman, Nisar Ahmad, Aziz-ud-Din, Sahibzada Muhammad Jawad, Yasir Ihtesham, Shuhab Ur Rehman. Antibacterial and antioxidant activity analysis of some wild medicinal plants. J Entomol Zool Stud 2017;5(6):1771-1775.