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Environmental Applications and Bio-Profiling of Tribulus Terrestris: an Ecofriendly Approach
 
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Department of Chemistry, Government Post Graduate Islamia College, Gujranwala, Pakistan
 
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Department of Chemistry, the University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Sargodha, Pakistan
 
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Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
 
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Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
 
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Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CVAS), Jhang, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Pakistan
 
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Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur-66022, Sindh, Pakistan
 
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Department of Zoology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
 
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Department of Chemistry, the University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
 
 
Submission date: 2019-02-27
 
 
Final revision date: 2019-05-30
 
 
Acceptance date: 2019-07-24
 
 
Online publication date: 2020-02-17
 
 
Publication date: 2020-04-21
 
 
Corresponding author
Arif Nazir   

Department of Chemistry, The University of Lahore, 1-Km Raiwind Road, Lahore, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2020;29(4):2981-2986
 
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The antibacterial and antioxidant activity of different parts of Tribulus terrestris, such as leaves and roots, was carried out using methanol and n-hexane as solvents. The leaves of plant have greater extraction yield than roots. The antibacterial activity was checked against both gram positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) and gram negative bacteria (Escherichia coli). Antibacterial activity was performed by disk inhibition method. Leaves show greater antibacterial activity (29 mm and 30 mm) against both S. aureus and E. coli, whereas roots show (16 mm and 21 mm) against both species respectively. Antioxidant activity was carried out by 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging free-radical assay. Leaf extract showed greater antioxidant activity (73%) than that of roots (52%). Total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC) were determined by spectrophotometer analysis. The results indicate that leaf extract contains higher phenolic and flavonoid contents (723 mg Gallic acid equivalents (GAE)/g and 476 mg Quercetin equivalents (QE)/g as compared to roots extract (235mg GAE/g and 93 mg QE/g).
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