Abstract

TO STUDY PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CALOTROPIS PROCERA LEAF EXTRACTS

Afra Akbani, Dr. Smita Chavan* and Arti Sharma

Abstract

The plants are an important medicinal value and its different parts are used in ayurvedic medicines. The present study was an attempt to study Anatomy, phytochemical and antimicrobial activity of methanol, ethanol and water extracts obtained from the leaves of calotropis procera to understand the cellular organization and an attempt to evaluate the medicinal potentials. The phytochemical screening revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavenoids, tannins, saponins, and cardiac glycoside with a very high content in methanol, water and then in ethanol. The methanol, ethanol and water extracts of Calatropis procera leaves were evaluated for antimicrobial activity against gram+ve, gram-ve bacteria and fungi. Zone of inhibition diameters were observed. 100μl methanol extract showed the inhibition for the above organism. But ethanol and water extract did not have maximum impact in inhibition. The result of this study validates the use of methanol extract of this species in ethanomedicine providing lead for antifungal and antimicrobial for above strains.

Keywords: Calotropis procera, Phytochemical, Antimicrobial, Leaf extract.