LUTEOLIN AND KAEMPFEROL FROM CASSIA ALATA, ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF ITS METHANOLIC EXTRACTS

Authors

  • ANEELA WAHAB Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan
  • TAHIRA , Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • SABIRA BEGUM International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

Abstract

Cassia alata also known as candle bush is a medicinally important plant. In the present investigation we are reporting the isolation and structure elucidation of two flavonoids kaempferol (1) and luteolin (2) isolated from methanolic extract of its beans through bioassay guided fractionation. The structure of isolated compounds were characterized by spectroscopic techniques such as EIMS, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR. In this article we are also presenting the antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activity of the methanolic extract of its leaves (CA-L), stem (CA-S) and beans (CA-BN). All the extracts showed remarkable antibacterial and weak antioxidant activity whereas moderate antifungal activity was only found in stem (CA-S) and beans (CA-BN) extracts

Author Biographies

ANEELA WAHAB, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan

Department of Chemistry, 

TAHIRA ,, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan.

Department of Chemistry, 

SABIRA BEGUM, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, 

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Published

2021-05-28

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2014): Volume 4 (1) June, 2014

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