Antimicrobial Activity of Aloevera barbedensis, Daucus carota, Emblica officinalis, Honey and Punica granatum and Formulation of a Health Drink and Salad

Abstract

Aims: Indian folk medicine has been in practice from time immemorial. Traditional medicine interconnects our body with nature for a healthy living. The naturally occurring antimicrobials in food vary in their efficacy and function, toxicology, safety and mechanism of action against microorganisms. Methodology and Results:The study revitalizes the traditional system of medicine in order to achieve self reliance in health care and health for all by analyzing the antimicrobial property of aqueous extracts of aloevera (Aloevera barbedensis), carrot (Daucus carota), Indian gooseberry (Emblica officinalis), honey and pomegranate (Punica granatum), and to assess the reason for inhibition of growth of pathogenic organisms by DNA and protein analysis. Various aqueous extracts showed inhibition to microrganisms like Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Shigella flexineri and Staphylococcus aureus.Conclusion significance and impact of study: The study also formulated and standardized a nourishing health drink and salad using the tested foods and estimated their shelf life and nutritive value. The health drink and salad had a low protein, low fat and moderate carbohydrate content. Therapeutically this drink and salad can be used to treat obesity.

Phytofabrication of Selenium Nanoparticles From Emblica officinalis Fruit Extract and Exploring Its Biopotential Applications: Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Biocompatibility

“…Especially, plant secondary metabolites are highly appreciated and have already been reported in prodigious claims, i.e., antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer properties, etc. (Golechha et al, 2012; Philip et al, 2012; George et al, 2016; Muniyandi et al, 2017). Also, plant secondary metabolites are reported as potential candidates for biogenic production of nanoparticles and the method was highly satisfactory and being termed as green synthesis tactic (Akhtar et al, 2013).…”

“…Emblica officinalis is also known as Phyllanthus emblica , which belongs to the family Phyllanthaceae and genus Phyllanthus , whose edible fruits are widely used in Indian Ayurvedic medicine (Dharmananda, 2003). There are abundant benefits of E. officinalis , which include, antibacterial (Philip et al, 2012), antifungal (Mehmood et al, 1999), antioxidant and cardioprotective activities (Golechha et al, 2012). The E. officinalis fruits are a rich source of hydrolyzable phenolics, flavonoids, and tannins that play a key role in reducing and regulating the shape of nanoparticles (Ankamwar et al, 2005).…”

Aloe vera : Potential candidate in health management via modulation of biological activities

“…[ 28 ] In another study on Aloe vera , the serial dilution method revealed that a high concentration (1/10) inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus at, while moderate concentrations were required to inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , and Salmonella typhi . [ 29 ] Another study was conducted to determine the antimicrobial activity of Aloe vera juice against Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria, and the results showed that the antibacterial activity of the tested plant juice was effective mainly against the Gram-positive bacteria. [ 30 ] An experiment was performed to analyze antimicrobial activities against S. aureus , S. pyogenes , P. aeruginosa , and E. coli , and it was observed that the maximum antibacterial activities were noticed in the acetone extract other than the aqueous extract or the ethanol extract.…”

Evaluation of Antimicrobial Potential of Juices of Some Common Citrus and Non-Citrus Fruits of India

“…Fruits are an important part of human diet that provides essential nutrients as well as many bioactive compounds like vitamins and secondary metabolites for promotion of health and prevention of diseases (Liu, 2013). Recently immense interests among the scientists have grown to find the antimicrobial properties of fruits of human consumption (Bansode and Chavan, 2013;Das, 2012;Manzoor, 2013;Philip et al, 2012;Rahman et al, 2015;Khan and Hanee, 2011). In this present study an attempt was made to investigate the antimicrobial activities of the juices of some edible Citrus and non Citrus fruits against some medically important gram positive and gram negative bacteria.…”