1Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Biomedicine and Biotechnology.
2013,
Vol. 1 No. 2, 21-26
DOI: 10.12691/bb-1-2-5
Copyright © 2013 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Suraj Raj Adhikari, Bijaya Pant, Kusum Pokhrel. Antimicrobial Activity of Chemical Compounds from
in vivo Roots and
in vitro Callus
of
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal.
Biomedicine and Biotechnology. 2013; 1(2):21-26. doi: 10.12691/bb-1-2-5.
Correspondence to: Suraj Raj Adhikari, Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Email:
adhikarisr@gmail.comAbstract
Withania somnifera is an important medicinal plant and a major source of alkaloids and steroids. Large callus was obtained from stem explants in MS medium with additives of 0.5 mgL1 6-Benzylaminopurine (BAP) + 1.5 mgL-1 α-Napthalene acetic acid (NAA). In phytochemical screening of in vivo and in vitro materials of W. somnifera; reducing compounds, cardiac glycosides, basic alkaloids, carotenoids, volatile oils and saponins were detected. Phytochemical compounds found in callus of W. somnifera stopped the growth of bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris and Klebsicela pneumonia more effectively than the compounds found in its natural root. Whereas active phytochemical compound found in natural root was more effective to stop the growth of bacteria Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Salmonella typhimurium. From this study it can be predicted that specific compounds which is not found in roots of naturally growing plants plant be found in the callus of W. somnifera.
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