Sanjeet & Shanti
Dioscorea has good amount of secondary metabolites. I investigated the bioactive compounds present in the tubers of Dioscorea pentaphylla using five solvents, aqueous, methanol, ethanol, chloroform and acetone.
The result showed that the browning properties were more due to more content of phenolic compounds. Browning properties is proportional to content of phenolic compounds, which indicate the anti-cancer activity. Percentage of Flavonoids (20 %) and Tannin (60 %) indicate the antifungal and antibacterial activity; these two compounds inhibit the microbial growth through cell lysis and termination of metabolic pathway and translation.
The high amount of Tannin (60 %) showed the bitterness properties of the tuber of Dioscorea pentaphylla. I collected much information regarding bitterness from the tribal communities of Simlipal Biosphere Reserve Forest, Odisha. This is the validation of Tribal claims and correlation between bioactive compounds and physiochemical properties of the tuber of Dioscorea pentaphylla.
Dear Readers and Researchers, wait for further research work on Dioscorea pentaphylla.
Sanjeet
Ravenshaw University
Cuttack
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