Abstract

EVALUATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AND PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS L

K. Ramar* and V. Ayyadurai

Abstract

Plants have various medicinal properties. Medicinal plants are in use for thousands of years and are renowned for their effectiveness in various treatments. The medicinally usable plants were identified and extracted for biochemical profile and formulated for medical applications. Cissus quadrangularis is an important medicinal plant belonging to the family Vitaceae. In India, C.quadrangularis is widely used as a common food item. In this study the qualitative phytochemical Analysis, Antifungal activity and in vitro Antimicrobial screening C.quadrangularis were evaluated by using ethanol extracts, Anti-bacterial activity of C.quadrangularis was studied in this study the secondary metabolites such as phenol, alkaloids, sterols, tannins and Flavonoids were present in the ethanol extract of C.quadrangularis. The anti-bacterial activity of various extracts of leaf at different concentration was evaluated against some human pathogenic bacteria and the results were discussed. The result of the in-vitro antifungal activity of C. quadrangularis.

Keywords: In-vitro Anti-bacterial, Anti-fungal, Cissus quadrangularis, Phytochemistry.