Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Sagina Procumbens

Abstract

Sagina Procumbens, a traditional medicinal plant, was examined for its antioxidant activity with the 1, 1-diphenyl-2picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay, its total flavonoid levels with the Folin-Ciocalteu method, and its total phenolics with the Folin-Ciocalteu method. According to the findings of the study, the ethanolic extract of Sagina Procumbens leaf has a percentage of antioxidant activity (AA%) of 86.61, which was shown to be greater when compared to other extracts of buds and stem. In a similar vein, the methanolic extract of the stem has a high flavonoid concentration, whereas the phenolic level of the ethanolic extract of the bud is significantly higher. Antimicrobial activity exhibited by S. procumbens has a very significant zone of inhibition against gram-positive as well as gram-negative bacterial strains. The findings of this study indicated that plants are excellent sources of natural antioxidants, and that both ethanolic and methanolic extracts of plants contain a sizeable quantity of antioxidant chemicals.