Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SPILANTHES ACMELLA LINN.

Dr.H.A.Thakur* and M.R.Bhamare

Abstract

Spilanthes acmella Linn. (Asteraceae) is a common annual spreading herb found in a rice field throughout in India; five crude extracts were prepared from the whole plant Spilanthes acmella using different solvents by Soxhlet method. The extracts were subjected to screening to detect Preliminary phytochemical analysis and potential antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Salmonella typhi and fungal strain Candida albicans as standard by agar well diffusion method. The aim of our present study was to find out the Preliminary phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activity of the different extracts of entire plant including flower heads of Spilanthes acmella. The different extracts such as Hexane, Methanol, Ethanol, petroleum ether and aqueous extracts exhibits comparable antimicrobial activity with the control.

Keywords: Spilanthes acmella, phytochemical activity and Antimicrobial activity.