Jatropha curcas L: Phytochemical, antimicrobial and larvicidal properties

Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L

Jatropha curcas L.: Substitute for Conventional Energy

Jatropha curcas L. or physic nut belonging to family Euphorbiaceae is an all purpose, zero waste perennial plant. It is considered as a potential source of non-edible fuel producing plant along with its different medicinal properties and grows well in the tropical and subtropical climate in India. The seed contains 40-50 % viscous oil known as ‘curcas oil’. Petroleum based fuel are limited rese...

Phytochemical characterization, antimicrobial activity and reducing potential of seed oil, latex, machine oil and presscake of Jatropha curcas

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the antimicrobial activity, phytochemical studies and thin layer chromatography analysis of machine oil, hexane extract of seed oil and methanol extract of presscake& latex of Jatropha curcas Linn (family Euphorbiaceae). Materials and Methods: J. curcas extracts were subjected to preliminary qualitative phytochemical screening to detect the major phytochem...

Comparative Study of the Phytochemical Properties of Jatropha curcas and Azadirachta indica Plant Extracts

Phytochemical studies were carried out on the plant parts of Jatropha curcas (L.) and Azadirachta indica (A. Juss) found in the South Eastern parts of Nigeria with a view to highlighting their pre-existing secondary metabolites which have varieties of biological activities attributed to them. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of seven secondary metabolites (alkaloids, tannins, saponins, fla...

Antimicrobial Activity of the Biodiesel Plant, Jatropha Curcas L. K.kalimuthu* S.vijayakumar and R.senthilkumar

As a measure of testing the medicinal properties of Jatropha curcas, methanol extract obtained from both in vivo leaf and leaf derived callus were subjected to antimicrobial activity against six microorganisms, of the six different concentrations tested, the in vitro leaf callus extracts of at high concentrations (1.0 and 1.2%) inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas sp. a...