December 2016

Assessment of phytochemical content, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of three medicinal plants of Nepal

Three indigenous medicinal plants, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L., Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis Mabb. and Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw., have been investigated for their phytochemical constituents, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. All the three plants tested were positive for polyphenols, terpenoids, glycosides, saponins, flavonoids and reducing sugar. The ethanol extract of these medicinal plants were subjected to...

Author(s): Bimala Subba, Anjana Sharma and Anupa Budhathoki