Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Sagina Procumbens
Authors
Shahbaz Wakeel
Department of Chemistry, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad Pakistan
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Zaheer Abbas
Department of Chemistry, Minhaj University Lahore, Pakistan
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Muhammad Usman
Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Keywords:
Sagina Procumbens, extraction in different solvents, antioxidant activity, Total phenolic contents, Total flavonoid contents, Antimicrobial activity
Abstract
Sagina Procumbens, a traditional medicinal plant, was examined for its antioxidant activity with the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay, its total flavonoid levels with the Folin-Ciocalteu method, and its total phenolics with the Folin-Ciocalteu method. According to the findings of the study, the ethanolic extract of Sagina Procumbens leaf has a percentage of antioxidant activity (AA%) of 86.61, which was shown to be greater when compared to other extracts of buds and stem. In a similar vein, the methanolic extract of the stem has a high flavonoid concentration, whereas the phenolic level of the ethanolic extract of the bud is significantly higher. Antimicrobial activity exhibited by S. procumbens has a very significant zone of inhibition against gram-positive as well as gram-negative bacterial strains. The findings of this study indicated that plants are excellent sources of natural antioxidants, and that both ethanolic and methanolic extracts of plants contain a sizeable quantity of antioxidant chemicals.
