Abstract

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY IN DIFFERENT PLANT PARTS OF TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRACEUM(L.)

Varsha Tailor* and Dr. Ankita Jain

Abstract

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graceum) is one of the most promising medicinal herbs, known from ancient times and widely been consumed throughout the world as food, food additive and in traditional medicine since many years. Recent studies focus on plants research all over the world to extract appropriate and efficient antimicrobial drugs. The present study aimed preliminary to investigate comparative antimicrobial analysis of fenugreek leaves, stems, seeds of mature and immature plant, also dried plant (Kasoori methi) against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria using different solvents Acteone and Methanol. The antimicrobial activities were evaluated using agar well diffusion method. The result showed that methanolic extract was more effective than acetonic extract.

Keywords: Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graceum), cotyledonary stage, Antibacterial, Bacillus subtilis, Salmonella typhii.