Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, Waikhom Mani Girls’ College, Thoubal-795138. India
2. Department of Botany, Imphal College, Imphal-795001, India
3. Department of Botany, United College, Chandel-795127, India
Abstract
The crude extract of indigenous herbal Potentilla reptans L. habitat wild belonging to Rosaceae family,
has been explored in search of therapeutic compounds that amalgamate as associative phytochemical
and phyto mineral constituents. A number of novel bioactive organic compounds viz. antioxidant (30.8
μg/mL), saponin (30 mg/g), flavonoid (10.39 mg/g), alkaloid (30 mg/g), phenol (4.33 mg/g,) tannin
(30.74 mg/g) and minerals like magnesium (4.55 mg/g), iron (1.12 mg/g), sulfur (1.85 mg/g), potassium
(1.26 mg/g), manganese (0.10 mg/g), calcium (5.16 mg/g), phosphorous (0.14 mg/g), zinc (0.12 mg/g)
and copper (0.06 mg/g), an indispensable sources of precious chemo-diversity, the only means for
survivability of species forever on earth have depicted. In an antimicrobial test with crude extracts, a
strong positive effect against Staphylococcus aureus in bacteria and Candida albicans, Microsporum
gypseum in fungi by all extracts of MeOH, EtOAc and CHCl3 was authenticated to the aged old traditional
health care system of herbals and novel to unique in home remedy prescriptions.
Publisher
Asian Journal of Chemistry