Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activity of Madhuca longifolia and Clerodendrum infortunatum: Medicinal plants for application as textile finishes
Author(s): Pooja Singh, Alka Goel, and Manvika Sehgal
Abstract: In the plant kingdom Madhuca longifolia (Mahua) and Clerodendrum infortunatum (Bhant) bears widely proven spectrum of medicinal properties. Mahua oil is used in medicine as embroilment, cure the skin diseases, rheumatism, headache, laxative, piles and haemorrhoids. Under the present study, phytochemical analysis of different extract of leaves of Clerodendrum infortunatum and oil cakes of Madhuca longifolia were prepared with the five different solvents viz; distilled water, methanol, acetone, dichloromethane and hexane, which revealed the presence of various bioactive compounds. Quantitative analysis showed that among both the plant sources, Madhuca longifolia (Mahua) yielded higher total phenols (70.43±0.183mg/g in methanol) in comparison with Clerodendrum infortunatum (29.17±0.119mg/g in methanol). Methanol gave good results for extraction of phenols. Quantification of flavonoids and tannins showed that Clerodendrum infortunatum (Bhant) leaves yielded higher flavonoid content (12.17±0.132 mg/g in acetone) and total tannins (13.87±0.086 mg/g in acetone) among both the plant extracts. Among the extraction solvents, acetone gave good results for extraction of flavonoids and tannins compared to distilled water, methanol, dichloromethane and hexane. The antimicrobial activity of both the plant extracts showed maximum zone of inhibition at 5% against both test organisms viz. Staphylococcus pasteuri (Gram positive) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Gram negative). Therefore the extracts of these two plants can be used for antimicrobial finish on textiles by various methods of finish application.
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Pooja Singh, Alka Goel,, Manvika Sehgal. Phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activity of Madhuca longifolia and Clerodendrum infortunatum: Medicinal plants for application as textile finishes. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):2031-2040.
