Antioxidant and Antibacterial activity of Canna indica seeds

Canna indica vernacularly known with numerous names such as Indian shot, Indian canna, African arrowroot, purple arrowroot, dev ked, bajarbattu etc. the plant thrives well in various tropical and sub-tropical atmosphere encompasses to family Cannaceae. The plant has been endowed with multitudinous chemical constituents. Canna indica demonstrates multifarious activity includes antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, antiviral, anti-diarrheal, anthelmintic, antibacterial, molluscicidal, cytotoxic, analgesic. hemostatic and immunomodulatory etc. The seeds of the plant are small, ovoid, globular, stiff and dense enough to sink in water. The seed of the plant would be used to treat variety of human condition. The ethanolic extract of seeds exhibited good antioxidant potential with IC50 of 18.80 compared to standard IC50 of 16.45. The antibacterial potential has been tested with gram positive S. aureus and gram-negative E. coli. The ethanolic extract herald a good antibacterial effect at 2% concentration as compared to 1%, the study also steered that the extract of seeds had greater antibacterial against gram negative E. coli.