Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Quantitative estimation of phytochemicals and antimicrobial activity of Podophyllum hexandrum
Author(s): Mushtaq Ahmad Malik, Purnima Srivastava and Sheikh Bilal Ahmad
Abstract: The present study was performed to assess the presence of phytochemical constituents in aqueous and methanol extracts of rhizomes of Podophyllum hexandrum and to investigate their antibacterial activity. The estimation of phytochemical constituents in methanol proved to be effective solvent for the extraction of secondary metabolites from the rhizomes of Podophyllum hexandrum. Methanol extract exhibited significantly higher (p<0.05) amounts of secondary metabolites and antibacterial activity against the test organisms at 10mg/ml, 28.6 ±0.21 and 24.4±0.17 in comparison to standard antibiotics 19.8 ± 0.16 and 19.9 ± 0.21 and aqueous extract 17.9±0.22 and 18.3±0.18 respectively. The methanol extract also demonstrated higher zone of inhibition against bacteria from 8-11 mm while aqueous extract exhibited zone of inhibition from 8-10mm.
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Mushtaq Ahmad Malik, Purnima Srivastava, Sheikh Bilal Ahmad. Quantitative estimation of phytochemicals and antimicrobial activity of Podophyllum hexandrum. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):1152-1155.
