Aonla (Emblica Officinalis Gaertn): The Comprehensively Used Medicinal Plant Of Mizoram

Abstract

The locally available fruit Aonla possesses many usages ethnically in Mizoram. Inference can be made from this study that the size of the plants, fruits as well as its moisture content showed no variation from different places. It contains various phytochemicals such as tannins, saponin, flavanoids, steroids, terpenoids, and cardiac glycosides. The results showed that the total phenolic content and flavonoid content of₊ different plant extracts exhibit no significant variation ranging from 68.92±1.1 to 71.8±1.2 mg GAE/g, and total flavonoid content was estimated at the range of 25.25± 3.00 to 35.14± 1.53 mg QUE/g dried tissue though there were slight variations. The DPPH radical scavenging activity depends on the concentration of the extracts. The scavenging activity increases with the increase in concentration with an optimum concentration at 40 µg/ml for all the plants extracts. The antimicrobial activity revealed that the E. officinalis has potential property to inhibit the growth of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa. However, it was found ineffective against E. coli. The molecular identification was performed based on NCBI.