Phytochemical screening and antibacterial properties of leaves of Pongamia pinnata Linn. (Fabaceae) from India
| Autor: | S. B. Dahikar, P. G. Yeole, S. R. Arote |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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biology Traditional medicine Salmonella typhi Enterobacter aerogenes biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Phytochemical Botany Genetics medicine Petroleum ether Klebsiella pneumonia Antibacterial activity Medicinal plants Antibacterial activity Pongamia pinnata enteric bacterial pathogens Agronomy and Crop Science Molecular Biology Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Biotechnology. 8:6393-6396 |
| ISSN: | 1684-5315 |
| DOI: | 10.5897/ajb2009.000-9487 |
| Popis: | Herbal medicine is the most ancient form of health care known to man and its being used increasingly reveals it as dietary supplement to fight or prevent common diseases. Petroleum ether extract, chloroform extract, ethyl acetate extract and methanol extracts of leaves of Pongamia pinnata Linn. were prepared and antibacterial activity were studied by disc diffusion method against certain enteric bacterial pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Bacillus subtilis, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus epidermidis andProteus vulgaris.. The methanol extracts had wide range of antibacterial activity on these bacterial pathogens than the petroleum ether extract. Ethyl acetate extract was slightly higher antibacterial activity against bacterial pathogens than chloroform extract. Phytochemical screening of the plant leaves reveals the presence of carbohydrates, alkaloids, flavonoids glycosides, steroids, tannins and saponins. Antibacterial activity of various extract of leaves of P. pinnata was carried in attempt to support the use by medicinal practitioner for the treatment of enteric infection. Key words: Antibacterial activity, Pongamia pinnata, enteric bacterial pathogens. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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