PREVENTION OF Escherichia coli CAUSING DIARRHOEA BY Foeniculum vulgare
ABINASH MOHAPATRA
Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India.
RAKESH KUMAR GOCHHAYAT
Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India.
MUKUNDJEE PANDEY *
Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India and Go to Market Laboratory, Gram Tarang, Odisha, India.
DIPANKAR BHATTACHARYAY
Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India and Go to Market Laboratory, Gram Tarang, Odisha, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Diarrhea is caused by Escherichia coli. Shikimate dehydrogenase is one of its major enzymes. Foeniculum vulgare is known to cure Diarrhea. The plant extract contains different phytochemical compounds. By using “Biovia Discovery Studio”, the molecular docking of the phytochemicals with the enzymes was studied. The results showed that caprylic can deactivate the shikimate dehydrogenase enzyme thereby interrupting the microbe’s life cycle.
Keywords: Phytochemical, Escherichia coli, Foeniculum vulgare.