PHYSIOCHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL

CHARACTERISTICS OF ALBIZIA LEBBECK

By
MONIKA KUMARI
Reg.No. BU2017PBIO011

Project Submitted to Bahra University

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

MASTERS IN BIOCEMISTRY

Under the supervision of

Mr. Om Prakash
Associate Manager of dept. of QC
JUNE 2019

Bahra University, Shimla Hills, Waknaghat, Solan (H.P)

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 CERTIFICATE FROM THE SUPERVISOR

This is to certify that, the work entitled “Phytochemical and biological characteristics
of Albizia lebbeck” is an authentic research work done by Monika kumari, in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of masters in biochemistry.

Name of Supervisor …………………

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Date …………….

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 CERTIFICATE FROM FACULITY INCHARGE AND DEAN / HOD

This is to certify that, the work “Physiochemical and Biological characteristics of

Albizia lebbeck” submitted by Monika kumari, in partial fulfillment of the requirement
for the award of Post Graduate in biochemistry, Bahra University, Waknaghat has been
carried out under my supervision. This work has not been submitted partially or fully to
any other University or Institute for the award of this or any other degree.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First, all praise and glory are to the Almighty God for his mercy and blessings. I would like
to express my deepest gratitude to my respected teacher and supervisor, Mr. Om Prakash,
Department of QC, .Cadila healthcare Pvt. Ltd. for their able guidance and support in
completing my project.
I would also like to place on record my deep sense of gratitude to Dr. (Mrs.) Aprajita
Bhardwaj, Department of pharmacy, Bahra University, Shimla Hills, for her generous
guidance, help and useful suggestions.
I am extremely thankful to Dr. S. K. Bansal, Vice-Chancellor, Bahra University, Shimla
Hills, for providing me infrastructural facilities to work in, without which this work
would not have been possible.
I would like to extend my gratitude to Prof. (Dr.) Angshu Banerjee, Dean of
pharmaceutical Sciences.
I also want to express my deepest thanks to my parents for giving encouragement to me.
Without this, I might not be able to complete this project properly.
A special thanks goes to my friends who directly or indirectly were involved in the
completion of this project work.
Last but not least I would like to thank my classmates who have helped me.

Name of Student
Monika kumari

Signature of Candidate

Date

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 CONTENTS

Sr. No. TITLE PAGE NO.

Certificate from the supervisor II

Certificate from Faculty in charge and III

Dean/HOD
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Acknowledgement
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List of figures
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List of tables

Chapter-1 Introduction

Chapter-2 Review of literature

Chapter-3 Material and methods

Chapter-4 Results and discussion

Chapter-5 Summary and conclusion

Chapter-6 References

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 LIST OF FIGURES

TITLE PAGE NO.

Introduction

Fig.1.1 Albizia lebbeck tree

Fig.1.2 Albizia lebbeck leaves and flowers

Review of literature

Fig.2.1 Albizia lebbeck mature fruits (pod) and seeds

Fig.2.2 Structure of the compounds found in Albizia

Lebbeck seed oil

Material and Mathods

Fig.3.1 Soxhlet Apparatus ( used for extraction

Purposes)

Result and Discussion

Fig.4.1 Showing Free radical scavenging activity

of Albizia lebbeck seed oil

Fig.4.1.1 DPPH solution

Fig.4.1.2 Solution (Oil)

Fig.4.1.3 Standard (Absorbic Acid)

Fig.4.2 Antimicrobial activity by disc diffusion method

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 LIST OF TABLES

TITLE PAGE
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Review of literature

Table no.2.1.1 Taxonomic position of Albizia lebbeck

Results and Discussion

Table no.4.1 Results and various characterization

of Albizia lebbeck seed

Table no.4.1.1 Results of physiochemical properties of

Albizia lebbeck seed oil

Table no.4.2 Absorbance and % DPPH Inhibition (1%)

of Albizia lebbeck is seeds oil

Table no.4.3 A Antimicrobial activity of Albizia lebbeck

of seed oil

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