Antimicrobial efficacy and phytochemical analysis of <i>Indigofera trita</i> Linn

• DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v10i3.20
• Publication Date: 2013-05-07T10:21:06Z
• Authors: RS Kumar; K Moorthy; R Vinodhini; T Punitha
• Keywords: Enterobacter aerogenes; Proteus vulgaris; Phytochemical; Petroleum ether; Agar diffusion test

An in vitro antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of various extracts Indigofera trita L. viz. petroleum ether, chloroform, acetone, ethanol aqueous were carried out. A total 21 microorganisms (19 bacteria 2 fungal strains) used for by disc diffusion method a standard procedure was to identify the constituents. Petroleum ether extract showed moderate inhibitory against Staphylococcus aureus (14.40 mm), S. epidermidis (14.20 Salmonella paratyphi (12.80 Streptococcus mutans (12.20 Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, typhi Burkholderia cepacia (12.00 mm). The chloroform also typhimurium (12.60 A, brunei Yersinia enterocolitica acetone I. considerable (18.20 (14.60 infantis (13.80 (13.40 Y. (13.00 mm) Enterobacter aerogenes documented. Ethanol significant (18.60 (12.40 aureus, E. aerogenes, Aqueous considerably inhibited Haemophilus parahaemolyticus All five minimal antifungal when compared antibacterial activity. result revealed that properties might be associated with presence phenolic compounds, flavonoids, tannins, glycosides, saponins, phytosterols alkaloids.