PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND EVALUATION OF ANTI MICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF JASMINUM MULTIFLORUM.L FLOWERS
*Vijaya Lakshmi Nandikatti, Mounika K., Durga Bhavani I. and Sindhu P.
ABSTRACT
Jasminum multiflorum is an ornamental flowering shrub, used as a traditional medicine. Mostly leaves, roots, flowers and fruits are used to maintain health and also treat fever, cough, indolent ulcer, and abdominal distention, diarrhea, lowering the blood glucose level, regulating menstrual flow, to clean kidney waste, urinary inflammation, other infections and blood shot eyes. The flowers of Jasminum multiflorum are having different therapeutic activities like Vasodilatation, Cardio tropic, Analgesic, Suppression of Lactation and Anti-oxidant. It is also noticed that there was a report on Anti-bacterial activity of flower. So, present paper is aimed to carry out phytochemical screening and Anti-bacterial activity of methanolic extract of flower of Jasminum multiflorum. The Methanolic extract was allowed for phytochemical screening and it shows the presence of Proteins, Carbohydrates, Aminoacids, Alkaloids, Glycosides, terpenoids, Steroids, Saponins and Phenols, which was confirmed by the I.R spectrum. The Methanolic extract was tested for its anti bacterial activity on Bacillus subtilis by using Cup-plate method. It shown good anti bacterrial activity when compare with standard streptomycin.
Keywords: Downy jasmine, Anti bacterial, Jasminum multiflorum, Methanolic extract.
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