Advances in Crop Science and Technology
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Abstract

Ten different medicinally important plants collected from Khaptad National Park were found to have high antimicrobial, cytotoxic and high antioxidant properties. Among the samples P. edgeworthii were found to exhibit greatest antimicrobial properties with ZOI-10 mm at 200 mg/ml extract concentration against S. aureus which is in accordance of their traditional uses. A. spectabilis were found with highest cytotoxic property with LC50 value 6.14 ppm, among B. diffusa, T. foliolosum and E. strobilifera 13.59 ppm, 64.50 ppm, 223.46 ppm respectively. The high antioxidant properties observed in the plants E. strobilifera (5.46 μg per ml) using DPPH bioassay method indicate their anticancer properties. A series of research is thought to be continued for the future which can lead for the development of drugs.

Biography

Deepak Sharma has completed his Masters in Biotechnology from Rajasthan University with Silver Jubilee Scholarship of Government of India (2008-2010) and pursuing Doctoral studies from Kathmandu University School of Science from 2014 to till date. He is also a Research Assistant of Seoul National University’s funded project of KOIKA AP1 in supervision of Professor Dr. Janardan Lamichanne at Kathmandu University.

E-mail: deepakshrm59@gmail.com