Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of Neobalanocarpus heimii root / Nurain Najwa Mohd Zawai

Neobalanocarpus heimii are usually used for durable heavy constructions but not in medicinal and other purpose. Objective of this research are to screen the phytochemical contents of methanol extracts of N. heimii roots and to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of these extracts against three speci...

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Main Author:	Mohd Zawai, Nurain Najwa
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	Botanical chemistry Phytochemicals
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83839/1/83839.PDF
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.838392024-01-22T03:54:29Z Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of Neobalanocarpus heimii root / Nurain Najwa Mohd Zawai 2016 Mohd Zawai, Nurain Najwa Botanical chemistry. Phytochemicals Neobalanocarpus heimii are usually used for durable heavy constructions but not in medicinal and other purpose. Objective of this research are to screen the phytochemical contents of methanol extracts of N. heimii roots and to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of these extracts against three species of microorganisms. The powdered roots of N. heimii were extracted with methanol and the extracts were subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening by standard biochemical tests. Phytochemical screening has revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoid, saponin, tannins and terpernoid. Both reducing sugar and anthraquinones were completely absent. The antimicrobial activity of the methanol extracts was evaluated against three bacterial species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi and Staphylococcus aureus by using disc diffusion method. Methanolic root extracts of N. heimii exhibited the highest antimicrobial activity against S. typhi compared to S. aureus and P. aeruginosa with 20.7 ± 0.33 mm of inhibition zone. The result from the preliminary phytochemical screening of the root extracts of N. heimii in present research revealed the potentials for the plants to be used as an alternatives in traditional medicine by developing antimicrobial pharmaceutical substances from them. 2016 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83839/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83839/1/83839.PDF text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang Faculty of Applied Sciences
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topic	Botanical chemistry Phytochemicals
spellingShingle	Botanical chemistry Phytochemicals Mohd Zawai, Nurain Najwa Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of Neobalanocarpus heimii root / Nurain Najwa Mohd Zawai
description	Neobalanocarpus heimii are usually used for durable heavy constructions but not in medicinal and other purpose. Objective of this research are to screen the phytochemical contents of methanol extracts of N. heimii roots and to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of these extracts against three species of microorganisms. The powdered roots of N. heimii were extracted with methanol and the extracts were subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening by standard biochemical tests. Phytochemical screening has revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoid, saponin, tannins and terpernoid. Both reducing sugar and anthraquinones were completely absent. The antimicrobial activity of the methanol extracts was evaluated against three bacterial species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi and Staphylococcus aureus by using disc diffusion method. Methanolic root extracts of N. heimii exhibited the highest antimicrobial activity against S. typhi compared to S. aureus and P. aeruginosa with 20.7 ± 0.33 mm of inhibition zone. The result from the preliminary phytochemical screening of the root extracts of N. heimii in present research revealed the potentials for the plants to be used as an alternatives in traditional medicine by developing antimicrobial pharmaceutical substances from them.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Bachelor degree
author	Mohd Zawai, Nurain Najwa
author_facet	Mohd Zawai, Nurain Najwa
author_sort	Mohd Zawai, Nurain Najwa
title	Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of Neobalanocarpus heimii root / Nurain Najwa Mohd Zawai
title_short	Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of Neobalanocarpus heimii root / Nurain Najwa Mohd Zawai
title_full	Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of Neobalanocarpus heimii root / Nurain Najwa Mohd Zawai
title_fullStr	Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of Neobalanocarpus heimii root / Nurain Najwa Mohd Zawai
title_full_unstemmed	Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of Neobalanocarpus heimii root / Nurain Najwa Mohd Zawai
title_sort	phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of neobalanocarpus heimii root / nurain najwa mohd zawai
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang
granting_department	Faculty of Applied Sciences
publishDate	2016
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83839/1/83839.PDF
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Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of Neobalanocarpus heimii root / Nurain Najwa Mohd Zawai

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