Trace elemental analysis and antimicrobial activities of Elephantopus scaber L.

Journal of Phytology

M Sudarshan⁶  K Sambandan¹  S Santhosh Kumar⁷  A Subramanian⁵  C Uma³  K G Sekar²  A Chakraborty⁸  R Rengaiyan⁴ 

[1] Department of Plant Science, Avvaiyar Government College for Women, Karaikal – 609 602, U.T of Puducherry, India;Department of Chemistry, National College, Tiruchirappalli – 620 001, Tamil Nadu, India;Department of Chemistry, Avvaiyar Government College for Women, Karaikal – 609 602, U.T of Puducherry, India.;Department of Physics, Aringar Anna Government Arts and Science College, Karaikal – 609 602, U.T of Puducherry, India;Department of Biotechnology, Government Arts College, Kumbakonam-612001, Tamil Nadu, India;Trace Element Laboratory, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata - 700 098, India;Department of Physics, Avvaiyar Government College for Women, Karaikal – 609 602, U.T of Puducherry, India.;Microbiology Laboratory, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata 700 098, India

关键词: Trace elemental analysis;    antimicrobial activities;    Elephantopus scaber;    Medicinal plant;   

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学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Mohammad Abdul Mushin Agriculture and Engineering Consultants

【 摘 要 】

Screening of various Indian medicinal plants has various degrees of antimicrobial activities against pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms.  Since the number of effective exogenous antibiotics is decreasing, concerted efforts are to be made to identify antimicrobial materials from natural products and traditional medicines. In the present study, we are reporting the antimicrobial activity of the traditionally used Ayurvedic medicinal plant Elephantopus scaber and its elemental composition analysis.  The antimicrobial activities are found to be higher in leaf extracts of Elephantopus scaber whereas no inhibition was found for root extracts. The elements such as Si, Ca, Cl, Mg, S, K and P are more abundant in the leaf than the root whereas heavy metals are higher in roots than in leaves. In the root, presence of Al, Fe, Ti, Sr, and V is more when compared to leaves whereas Zn, Cu, As, Rb and Sr are less available and are equally present in roots as well as leaf. The elements Cr, Co, Ni, Se, Br and Pb are not found in both leaves and roots.

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