Research Journal of Medicinal Plants1819-34552151-7924Science International10.3923/rjmp.2011.695.705Trigonella foenum graecum L.) Leaves]]>PremanathRamya SudishaJ. DeviN. LakshmiAradhyaS.M. 6201156In the present study the polyphenolic content, antibacterial activity and antioxidant activity of Trigonella foenum graecum leaves in chloroform, hexane, methanol, ethanol and water extracts were carried out. Total phenolic content was estimated by Folin Ciocalteau method while the flavonoid content was determined using aluminum chloride method. Estimation of total phenolic and flavonoid contents revealed that, the ethanol extract had the highest phenolic and flavonoid contents of 4.9 and 0.47 mg g-1, respectively. The antibacterial activity of various extracts was screened by disc diffusion method and ethanol extract was found to be more potent. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of ethanol extract determined by broth dilution method showed a MIC value of 1 mg mL-1 for Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The antioxidant activities of the leaves were evaluated by various in vitro assays like ferrous reducing antioxidant assay, total reducing power, 1, 1-Diphenyl-2-Picryl Hydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity, lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity and superoxide scavenging activity. Among the solvent extracts tested for antioxidant activities, ethanol extract had the highest activity compared to other solvent extracts. It had a total antioxidant activity of 47 μM Fe (II) g-1 and an Inhibitory Concentration (IC50) value of 0.3 and 0.7 mg mL-1 for lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity and DPPH scavenging activity, respectively. These results suggested that ethanol extract of fenugreek leaf is not only an important source for antibacterial components but also a potential source of phenolic antioxidants.]]>Al-Habori, M. and A. Raman, 20022002pp: 163-182pp: 163-182Annegowda, H.V., C.W. Nee, M.N. Mordi, S. Ramanathan and S.M. Mansor,2010Terminalia catappa L. leaf.]]>9479485Aqil, F. and I. Ahmad,200319653657Modi, A.J., S.S. Khadabadi, S.L. Deore and M.S. Kubde,2010Clerodendrum infortunatum (Linn.).]]>16772Basch, E., C. Ulbricht, G. Kuo, P. Szapary and M. Smith,200382027Bauer, A.W., W.M.M. Kirby, J.C. Sherris and M. Turck,196645493496Bendich, A., L.J. Machlin, O. Scandurra, G.W. Burton and D.D.M. Wayner,19862419444Benzie, I.F.F. and J.J. Strain,19962397076Bonjar, G.H.S., 2004Escherichia coli.]]>3310314Braca, A., C. Sortino, M. Politi, I. Morelli and J. Mendez,2002Licania licaniaeflora.]]>79379381Brantner, A. and E. Grein,1994443540Butkhup, L. and S. Samappito,2011In vitro free radical scavenging and antimicrobial activity of some selected Thai medicinal plants.]]>5254265Anokwuru, C.P., I. Esiaba, O. Ajibaye and A.O. Adesuyi,2011Hibiscus sabdariffa calyx.]]>5557566Cowan, M.M.,199912564582Daniel, M.,2006pp: 1-9pp: 1-9Duh, P.D. and G.H. Yen,199760639645Field, J.A. and G. Lettinga,199259673692Gordon, M.H.,1990in vitro.]]>1990pp: 1-18pp: 1-18Hazra, B., S. Biswas and N. Mandal,2008Spondias pinnata.]]>86375Igbinosa, O.O., E.O. Igbinosa and O.A. Aiyegoro,2009Jatropha curcas (Linn).]]>35862Jeyachandran, R. and A. Mahesh,20071144148Kannan, P., S.R. Ramadevi and W. Hopper,20093180184Korycka-Dahl, M. and T. Richardson,197861400407Maffei, M.,20031st Edn.,pp: 256pp: 256Malik, C.P. and M.B. Singh,1980pp: 286pp: 286Ming, D.S., B.J. Hillhouse, E.S. Guns, A. Eberding, S. Xie, S. Vimalanathan and G.H. Towers,2005Rhodioloa rosea (Crassulaceae).]]>19740743Moon, J.H. and J. Terao,19984650625065Nishikimi, M., N.A. Rao and K. Yagi,197246849854Policegoudra, R.S., K. Abiraj, D.C. Gowda and S.M. Aradhya,2007Curcuma amada Roxb.) rhizome.]]>8524048Prasad, N.K., A.P. Kulkarni, M.S. Mahesh, S.M. Aradhya and G.R. Shivamurthy, 2004in vitro model.]]>32326Robak, J. and R.J. Gryglewski,198837837841Sampathkumar, P., B. Dheeba, V. Vidhyasagar, T. Arulprakash and R. Vinothkannan,2008Bacopa monnieri (Linn.).]]>4230232Sati, S.C., N. Sati, U. Rawat and O.P. Sati,20104213224Shah, P.M.,2005113642Shanmugasundaram, S.,200512529Singh, R.P., K.N.C. Murthy and G.K. Jayaprakasha,2002Punica granatum) peel and seed extracts using in vitro models.]]>508186Son, S. and B.A. Lewis,200250468472Bukhari, S.B., M.I. Bhanger and S. Memon,2008Trigonella foenum-graecum).]]>97883Tawaha, K., F.Q. Alali, M. Gharaibeh, M. Mohammad and T. El-Elimat,200710413721378Tsao, R. and Z. Deng,20048128599Woisky, R. and A. Salatino,19983799105Wong, S.P., L.P. Leong and J.H.W. Koh,200699775783Yen, C.C. and P.D. Duh,199370383386Karim, A., M.N. Sohail, S. Munir and S. Sattar,20117419439