Preliminary phytochemistry and antimicrobial activity of bark of Bauhinia racemosa Lamk.

Authors

  • R T Chavan Department of Botany, DSM’S ACS College Jintur Dist. Parbhani -431509 (M.S.), India
  • A S Kadam Department of Botany, DSM’S ACS College Jintur Dist. Parbhani -431509 (M.S.), India

Keywords:

Bauhinia racemosa, antimicrobial activity, bark.

Abstract

The bark of Bauhinia racemosa are reported to have great medicinal value. Phytochemical screening of the plant bark reveals the presence of carbohydrates, alkaloids, steroids and tannins. the methanol, ethanol, aqueous, acetone and petroleum ether extracts of bark of B. racemosa Lamk. prepared and antimicrobial activity were studied by agar well diffusion method against enteric bacterial pathogens such as E. coli, S. aureus, B. subtilis, P. aeruginosa and fungi A. niger and C.albicans. The methanol extracts had wide range of antimicrobial activity against enteric microbes than ethanol extracts, where as ethanol extract were slightly higher antibacterial activity than aqueous extract. Antimicrobial activity of various extracts of bark of B. racemosa was carried in attempt to develop a new pharmaceutical drug from natural origin for prevention of enteric infection.

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Author Biographies

R T Chavan, Department of Botany, DSM’S ACS College Jintur Dist. Parbhani -431509 (M.S.), India

Department of Botany, DSM’S ACS College Jintur Dist. Parbhani -431509 (M.S.), India

A S Kadam, Department of Botany, DSM’S ACS College Jintur Dist. Parbhani -431509 (M.S.), India

Department of Botany, DSM’S ACS College Jintur Dist. Parbhani -431509 (M.S.), India

Published

04-11-2012

How to Cite

Chavan, R. T., & Kadam, A. S. (2012). Preliminary phytochemistry and antimicrobial activity of bark of Bauhinia racemosa Lamk. Current Botany, 3(4). Retrieved from https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/cb/article/view/1417

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