Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ‘TERMINALIA PANICULATA’ BARK

Atul Kumar Gangwar* and Ashoke K. Ghosh

Abstract

The article showed the phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of Terminalia paniculata, a potential herbal plant from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. The bark of plant was collected, dried and screened for phytochemical composition and antimicrobial evaluation. The phytochemical studies revealed that the presence of phenolic compounds especially alkaloids, coumarins, terpenoids. The antimicrobial activity revealed that the most susceptible microorganisms were found to be Bacillus cereus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Candida ablicans Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Phytochemical analysis of test extract revealed that the alkaloids and coumarins are responsible for antimicrobial activity.

Keywords: Bacillus cereus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Candida ablicans Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.