Study of Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Screening of Amaranthus spinosus and Achyranthes aspera Leaves Extracts

Abstract

The current study aims to evaluate the physiochemical, phytochemical, and antioxidant properties of Achyranthes aspera and Amaranthus spinosus leaf extracts using a water and methanol solvent system.In India, these plants play an important role in primary healthcare as therapeutic remedies. Traditional healers claim that addition of Achyranthes aspera would enhance the efficacy of any drug of plant origin. The antimicrobial activity of the prepared extracts was determined by using disc diffusion method. Both plants had a rich amount of valuable ingredients that are beneficial for health the physiochemical and phytochemical parameters and this can be useful to identify the drug and to establish its quality and purity.