Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities in the Leaf Extracts of Indian Borage (Plectranthus amboinicus)英文文献资料.docVIP

Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2012, 3, 146-152 /10.4236/fns.2012.32022 Published Online February 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/fns) Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities in the Leaf Extracts of Indian Borage (Plectranthus amboinicus) Praveena Bhatt, Pradeep S. Negi Human Resource Development, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, India. Email: psnegi@cftri.res.in Received November 25 , 2011; revised December 26 , 2011; accepted January 4 , 2012 th th th ABSTRACT The different solvent extracts of the leaves of Plectranthus amboinicus were evaluated for their antioxidant and anti- bacterial properties. The ethyl acetate extract of the leaves which had the highest polyphenolic content showed an ap- preciable DPPH radical scavenging activity as well as total antioxidant capacity as compared with extracts obtained using hexane, acetone, methanol, hydroalcohol and freeze dried form. The acetone extract of the leaves which had the second highest polyphenolic content showed appreciable antibacterial activity with least MIC values against the tested foodborne pathogens namely Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica. The findings indicated the potentiality of ethyl acetate and acetone extract of the leaves of Indian borage for use as biopre- servatives as they showed high antioxidant and antibacterial activities. Keywords: Total Phenolic Content; DPPH Radical Scavenging; Total Antioxidant Capacity; Antibacterial Activity; Plectranthus amboinicus 1. Introduction have been used traditionally in the treatment of diseases and have been exploited for these desired traits [6-8]. Con- sequently, there has been a growing interest to identify natural antioxidants and antimicrobials from these plants [9,10]. Plectranthus amboini