INVESTIGATING THE ANTI-DIABETIC POTENTIAL OF Salvia
officinalis USING A YEAST-BASED BIOASSAY AND MOLECULAR
                            ANALYSIS
A project dissertation submitted by in partial fulfilment for the requirement of the degree of
                                 MASTER OF SCIENCE
                                             IN
                                    MICROBIOLOGY
                                             BY
                               DUGGARAJU SRILEKHA
                                       (P23MI0008)
 DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF
 ARTS AND SCIENCE BHARATH INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND
                         RESEARCH
          (Declared as deemed university under section 3 of UCG Act 1956, vide
                              notification No.F.9-5\2000-U.3)
                                      CHENNAI- 73
                                        APRIL 2025
              .
          BHARATH INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
     (Declared as deemed university under section 3 of UCG Act 1956, vide notification
                                           No.F.9-5\2000-U.3)
           DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
         This is to certify that “INVESTIGATING THE ANTI-DIABETIC
 POTENTIAL OF Salvia officinalis USING A YEAST-BASED BIOASSAY
AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS” is a Bonafide work done D.Srilekha (P23MI0008)
          for the major project in Microbiology during the academic year 2024-2025
    PROJECT GUIDE                                                                 HOD
(M.rs R. CATHERINE LAURENCIA)                           ( Dr. VASUKIDEVIRAMACHANDRAN)
 Submitted for the Viva Voice held on ...................................................in the Department of
            Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Arts and Science, BIHER.
INTERNAL EXAMINER                                                    EXTERNAL EXAMINER
                                  DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the project entitled that “INVESTIGATING THE ANTI-DIABETIC
POTENTIAL OF Salvia officinalis USING A YEAST-BASED BIOASSAY AND
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS’’ ” submitted to Bharath Institute of Higher Education and
Research, Chennai in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the degree of Master
of Science in Microbiology is the record of the original work carried out by me under the
guidance of M.rs R. CATHERINE LAURENCIA further declared that the result of the work
have no I t submitted to any other university or institute for the award of any degree or diploma.
PLACE: Chennai                                             SIGNATURE OF THE STUDENT
DATE:                                                      Duggaraju Srilekha (P23MI0008)
                                 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to Express my Sincere gratitude to our Management for their valuable Support and
encouragement in technological Upgrade and novel project and providing us much more
facilities. I take great pleasure in expressing our sincere thanks to our Additional registrar Dr.R.
HARIPRAKASH for their support and encouragement. I extend my thanks to Dean of arts
Dr. A. MUTHUKUMARMARAVEL and Dean of Science Dr. V. KALAIRASI, for
providing sufficient facilities for the completion of this project. I would like to express my
sincere thanks to Head of the Department Dr. VASUKIDEVI RAMACHANDRAN and guide
M.rs R. CATHERINE LAURENCIA for her kind support, guidance, and encouragement
throughout the study.
                                                                     DUGGARAJU SRILEKHA
                     CONTENTS
SL.NO          TITLE            PAGE N.O
  1
              ABSTRACT             1
  2
           INTRODUCTION            2
  3
          AIM & OBJECTIVES         16
  4
        REVIEW OF LITERATURE       17
  5
        MATERIALS & METHODS        22
  6
        RESULT AND DISCUSSION      35
  7
            CONCLUSION             44
  8
             REFERENCES            45
                           ABBREVIATIONS
   S. officinalis – Salvia officinalis
   S. cerevisiae – Saccharomyces cerevisiae
   DPPH – 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl
   FRAP – Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power
   TAC – Total Antioxidant Capacity
   LPO – Lipid Peroxidation
   MPO – Myeloperoxidase
   MDA – Malondialdehyde
   SOD – Superoxide Dismutase
   CAT – Catalase
   GPx – Glutathione Peroxidase
   HXK – Hexokinase
   G6PD / ZWF1 – Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase
   RNA – Ribonucleic Acid
   DNA – Deoxyribonucleic Acid
   PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction
   RT-PCR – Reverse Transcription PCR
   cDNA – Complementary DNA
   OD – Optical Density
   ATP – Adenosine Triphosphate