Phytochemical Profiling and Bioactivities of Pholidota Pallida Lindl
Seema Akter1, Mohammed Kamrul Huda1, Minhajur Rahman1*, Mohammed Mozammel Hoque1, Tarina Akter Eva1
Citation : Seema Akter, et.al, Phytochemical Profiling and Bioactivities of Pholidota Pallida Lindl International Journal of Advanced Research in Botany. 2019, 5(1) : 8-13
In the present work, Pholidota pallida was explored for its phytochemicals along with its bioactivities. The qualitative screening of plant extract confirmed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, tannins, steroids and traces of quinone and coumarin in it. Four fractions viz. Methanol (FM), nHexane (FH), Butanol-1(BW) and Dichloromethane (FD) of methanolic crude of its leaf, stem and root were investigated for free radical scavenging, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial activities. The responses were very unique for different dose and plant parts. The highest scavenging activity exhibited by the BW of bulb was 98.94% at 50 μg/ml dose. The highest anti-inflammatory activity was observed in FD of the plant leaf which was 79.16%. The inhibitory effect of different parts of the plant against four pathogenic bacteria was varied i.e. for S. aureus (FD of root; 17.5 mm), for B. subtilis (FD of bulb; 16.5 mm), for S. typhii (BW of root; 12mm), for B. cereus (BW of root; 9.5 mm) and root was found most effective part. The investigation indicates that, Pholidota pallida is a medicative plant having bountiful phytochemicals with antioxidant, antiinflammatory and antimicrobial actions