Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL EVALUATION OF ACHYRANTHES ASPERA LINN.

Savita S. More*, Vijay N. Raje, Poonam K. Patil and Ujwala M. Balte

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Abstract

Petroleum ether, aqueous and methanolic extracts of plant Achyranthes aspera Linn. Were tested. The antimicrobial activity of plant extracts was evaluated with various microorganisms and also the phytochemical analysis was carried out to determine the various chemical constituents present in the respective plant extract. Antimicrobial activity was determined by using following microbial strains: Escherischia coli 8739, Escherischia coli M 800, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans ATCC 10231. 20mg/ml and 50mg/ml dilutions of each extract were used to evaluate the antimicrobial potential. 0.005mg/ml amoxycilin was used as standard. From the phytochemical analysis, Saponins and flavonoids were detected as major constituents in the aqueous and methanolic extract respectively.

Keywords: Achyranthes aspera, Plant extracts, Antimicrobial activity, phytochemical analysis.