Pharmacological Studies And Establishment Of Tissue Culture For Hymenocallis Litoralis

dc.contributor.authorSundarasekar, Jeevandran
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-24T01:39:40Z
dc.date.available2019-06-24T01:39:40Z
dc.date.issued2012-06
dc.description.abstractHymenocallis littoralis an ornamental plant exhibits numerous therapeutic properties such as anti-Candida, antioxidant, cytotoxicity and wound healing activities. Hymenocallis littoralis parts including anther, bulb, flower, leaves, stem and roots were extracted via sonication technique using methanol solvent. The wild plant extracts was subjected to anti-Candida activity and it shows promising activity against Candida albicans strain (ATCC 10231). The flower and root methanolic extracts exhibits better anti-Candida activity at 6.25 mg/mL as minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). Scanning and transmission electron microscopy analysis reveals the cells lost its cell wall contact integrity and also nucleus properties at 36 h of treatment. The flower and anther methanolic extracts shows ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) at 555.12 ± 1.67 and 568.09 ± 0.42 μmol (Fe2+)/g. Beside FRAP, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay carried out and it expresses inhibitory concentration at 50 % (IC50) for flower: 1.29 mg/mL, leaves: 5.07 mg/mL, stem: 1.33 mg/mL, bulb: 5.42 mg/mL, root: 3.68 mg/mL and anther 0.31 mg/mL. Finally, the phenolic and flavonoid contents of all the extracts were analyzed. The phenolic content in ascending order was root < leaves < stem < bulb < flower < anther, while flavonoid content was bulb < root < leaves < flower < stem < anther. In conclusion, the methanolic extract of anther exhibits better antioxidant activity with high amount of phenolic and flavonoid contents. Brine shrimp lethality assay was carried out to determine the cytotoxicity activity and the methanolic leaves extract exhibits 100 % death for all the nauplii at 12 h of treatment point.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8341
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectPharmacological studies and establishment of tissue cultureen_US
dc.subjectfor Hymenocallis litoralisen_US
dc.titlePharmacological Studies And Establishment Of Tissue Culture For Hymenocallis Litoralisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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