Title: PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF TERMINALIA BELLIRICA LEAF
Abstract:Many of the modern medicines are produced indirectly from medicinal plants, for example aspirin. Plant s are directly used as medicines by a majority of culture s around the world. The preliminary phy...Many of the modern medicines are produced indirectly from medicinal plants, for example aspirin. Plant s are directly used as medicines by a majority of culture s around the world. The preliminary phytochemical screening like Saponins, Tannins, Amino acids, Proteins, Glyc osides, Alkaloids, Carbohydrates and Flavonoids was done with Hydroalcoholic extract of Terminalia bellirica leaf. Antibacterial activities of Terminalia bellirica leaf extract against three pathogenic bacteria were inve stigated by the agar well diffusion method. Antibac terial activity data revealed that Terminalia bellirica leaf showed promising antibacterial activity espec ially towards Gram negative bacteria. The inhibitory zone of E.coli is 16.3±1.02, 19.0±0.12, 22.6±1.08 in Pseudomonas aureus inhibition of zone is 12.2±0.14, 16.0±1.04, 23.4±0 .06 and for Streptococcus pyrogens the inhibition is 18.3±1.04, 21.3±0.08, 24.0±1.02 respectively. Speci fically the zone of inhibition of Streptococcus pyrogens with 400 µg/ml of Terminalia bellirica leaf extract is equal to that of standard.Read More
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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