PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF PERGULARIA DAEMIA FORSK

Authors

  • C.DEEPIKA THENMOZHI Research Scholar, Department of Biotechnology , Mother Teresa Women’s University, kodaikanal, Tamilnadu, India.
  • V. PREMALAKSHMI Asst.Professor, Department of Horticulture, Agricultural college & Research Institute, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India.

Keywords:

Antibacterial, Aqueous extract, Methanolic extract, Phytochemical.

Abstract

Pergularia daemia forsk (Asclepidaceae) is used in Indian traditional medicine to cure various human aliments. The plant is described as anthelmintic, laxative , antipyretic, expectorant and to treat Malarial intermittent fever. The (invitro) Anti-bacterial activity of the leaves of Pergularia daemia was studied by agar disc diffusion method using aqueous and methanolic extract.  The activity was tested against   Bacillus subtilis, E.coil, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae  and Pseudomonas aeruginosa  at different concentrations of 50-200µl.The preliminary phytochemical screening of the plant revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, triterpenes, phenolic compounds and steroidal compounds. 

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Published

31.03.2011

How to Cite

C.DEEPIKA THENMOZHI, & V. PREMALAKSHMI. (2011). PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF PERGULARIA DAEMIA FORSK. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 2(1), 161–166. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/669

Issue

Volume 2, Issue 1, 2011

Section

Research Articles

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