Phytochemical Analysis and Antibacterial Activity of Active Extracts from Tridax Procumbens L. against Selected Pathogens

V. A. Kamble; A. H. Moon

Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2015

Phytochemical Analysis and Antibacterial Activity of Active Extracts from Tridax Procumbens L. against Selected Pathogens

V. A. Kamble, A. H. Moon

Abstract :

The present study deals with the antibacterial activity and phytochemical analysis of Tridax procumbens L. The extracts obtained from five solvents of different parts like leaf, stem, flower & roots were assayed using agar well diffusion method. All extracts of different parts responded variedly. The maximum zones of inhibition were measured for S. aureus (MTCC 96) as 15 mm & 14 mm by acetone root & methanol flower extracts respectively. The active extracts of methanol, acetone & ethyl acetate potentially exhibited the antibacterial activity for the B. subtilis (MTCC 554), E. coli (MTCC119), S. typhi (MTCC 734), K. pneumoniae (MTCC 109), S. aureus (MTCC 96) and S. paratyphi A (MTCC 735). The major phytochemicals such as alkaloids, phenols, cardiac glycosides, tannins and terpenoids were detected in the methanol extract in the optimum proportion. The study validates the use of medicinal plant for the infections caused by assayed pathogens.