Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS, CHARACTERISATION OF ZINC NANOPARTICLES FROM CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS ROOT AND ITS ANTIOXIDANT, ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY

R. Vijayan*, Gopika S., Meganathan N., Nivetha M. and Arun A.

ABSTRACT

Medicinal plants are the source of various pharmaceutical products that shows pharmacological effect on the human beings. Instead of using chemical drugs which cause side effect, we can use ancient medicine to identify the novel drug formulations that are more effective with lesser side effects and also cheaper cost. We have planned to prepare extract from root of Catharanthus Roseus and to perform physico chemical analysis to find out the phytocompounds present in it. Zinc nano particles were synthesised from the extract. Zinc nanoparticles are then characterised using EDX analysis. Antioxidant activity and Antibacterial activity was carried out using DPPH Assay test, Hydrogen Peroxide Test and Well diffusion method.

Keywords: Catharanthus Roseus, Physico chemical Components, EDX, Anti bacterial activity.