Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS

Shevale U. L., Mundrawale A. S., Yadav S. R., Chavan J. J., Jamdade C. B. and Patil D. B.*

Abstract

Asparagus racemosus is the one of the important medicinal plant andcommonly known as Shatavari in Hindi and Sanskrit. Asparagusracemosus is recommended in Ayurvedic texts for prevention andtreatment of gastric ulcers, dyspepsia and as a galactotgogue. It is alsoused successfully for nervous disorders, inflammation, liver diseasesand certain infectious diseases. In present study, in vitro antimicrobialactivity of crude ethanol and acetone extract of the roots of Asparagusracemosus were investigated. The Phytochemical screening of theextracts revealed the presence of Alkaloids, Glycosides, Phenoliccompounds, Tannins, Saponins, Steroids, Flavonoids andCarbohydrates. The result obtained from agar well diffusion methodindicate that, ethanolic and acetonic root extract of Asparagusracemosus showed the spectrum of inhibition on Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, E.coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, Salmonella typhi. Thus results of phytochemical andantimicrobial study have shown that, the Asparagus racemosus acts as promising plant fordeveloping new medicine.

Keywords: Asparagus racemosus, Phytochemical, antimicrobial activity.