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Comparitive Phytochemical, antimicrobial and antioxidant studies on two Lamiaceae Ocimum species of O. tenuiflorum L. and O. tenuifolium L. from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Ocimum tenuiflorum and Ocimum tenuifolium are the most popular traditional plants in the history of India. Present investigation is to compare the phytochemical, antimicrobial and antioxidant parameters of organic solvent extracts of hexane, chloroform and methanol. Qualitative phytochemical tests were used to detect the presence of terpenoids, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, glycosides and phenols, while two quantitative methods; Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) and diphenyl -1, 2-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) were used to determine the antioxidant potential. The antimicrobial activity was determined by Agar well diffusion method and was screened against seven micro organisms. The highest antimicrobial, antioxidant activities were observed in the methanol extracts of O. tenuiflorum when compared with O. tenuifolium. Plant species. While the hexane extract showed the least activity irrespective of the method used. The presence of aromatic active phytochemical substances with antioxidant activities may provide substantial basis for the use of these plants in ethnomedicine.
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