PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF Entada rheedii Spreng.

Arulkumar M; Velmurugan C; E.G. Wesely; Nazneen Bobby; Nathan Vinod Kumar

Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2017

PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF Entada rheedii Spreng.

Arulkumar M, Velmurugan C, E. G. Wesely, Nazneen Bobby, Nathan Vinod Kumar

Abstract :

Entada rheedii Spreng., is a woody climber shrub of the Family Fabaceae which is used in many traditional medicines. It is rich in many phytochemicals. The seeds areused as narcotic, emetic, feifuge, alexiteric andantiperiodic. However, the bio potential of some parts was not explored. In the present work, we investigate the preliminary phytochemicals of leaf extract prepared using various solvents.The antimicrobial efficacy of these extract against selected microorganisms namely against E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis and Salmonella typhi were evaluated. The solvent extracts were found very significantly inhibiting Pseudomonas at the highest concentrations very effectively. These extracts were efficiently inhibiting the multidrug resistant pathogenic strains. The phytochemical analysis revealed that the extract contained alkaloids, tannins, terpenoids etc. which may be attributed to the antimicrobial effect of the extract. The leaves of the Entada rheediiwas less explored for its bio-potential and hence the work is a preliminary report with significant findings of its bio-potential