Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SAPINDUS MUKOROSSI

M. Rajeswari*, G. Venkteswarlu, K.L. Surekha, Y. Ashwini, B. Rajani, P. Jagadish, P. Sanjeevulu, G. Ramesh and Dr. H. Ramana N. Shivakrishna

Abstract

Sapindus mukorossi Geartn, is an extremely valuable medicinal plant distributed in tropical and subtropical region of Asia. Plant extracts appear to be one of the better alternatives as they known to have minimal environmental impact and danger to consume in contrast to synthetic pesticide. The phytochemical screening of methanol extract releaved the presence of various secondary metabolise such as alkaloids, amino acids, carbohydrates, volatile oil, saponins, tannins, sterols and proteins. The antimicrobial activity was done for ethanol extract. The study revealed that the ethanolic extract of the pericarp of sapindus mukorossi showed more prominent antibacterial activity against E.coli, staphylococcus aureus than the aqueous extract.

Keywords: sapindus mukorossi, sapindaceae, phytochemical, antimicrobial.