Journal of Pharmacy and PharmaceuticsJournal of Pharmacy and PharmaceuticsJournal of Pharmacy and PharmaceuticsJournal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics2576-3091Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA70010.15436/2377-1313.16.015Research ArticleAntidiabetic, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of the Functional Molecules Isolated from the Seed and Peel of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)Antidiabetic, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of the Functional Molecules Isolated from the Seed and Peel of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)Repon Kumer SahaDepartment of Pharmacy East West University Dhaka BangladeshEditor* E-mail: reponsaha@yahoo.com
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20162902201631JPP-15-RA-700/RA01501122015250220162016Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. nbsp emsp emsp Jackfruit Artocarpus heterophyllus belongs to the family Moraceae and is widely grown in Southeast Asia including Bangladesh India and Thailand Two functional compounds were isolated from the seeds and peels of Artocarpus heterophyllus using different types of chromatographic methods such as Thin Layer Chromatography TLC Vacuum Liquid Chromatography VLC Column Chromatography and the isolated molecule is analyzed by UV-Visible Spectroscopy Infrared Spectroscopy IR and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance NMR spectroscopy Antibacterial antidiabetic and antioxidant activities of the molecules were evaluated in vitro using biochemical methods These compounds showed antibacterial antidiabetic and antioxidant activities Therefore both the seeds and peels of jackfruit contain functional molecules having biological activities in vitro 10