Identification of active compounds by qualitative analysis and antibacterial activity of medicinal plant Pelargonium graveolens

International Conference and Exhibition on Marine Drugs and Natural Products

July 25-27, 2016 Melbourne, Australia

Saraswathi Jaggali and Roja Rani Anupalli

Osmania University, India

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Pharmacogn Nat Prod

Abstract :

Medicinal plants are main source for phytochemicals that offer traditional medicinal for the treatment of various ailments and one of the medicinal plants is Pelargonium graveolens which was known for â�?�?Geranium essential oilâ�? and well established in the medicinal background and our studies carried out and grown in Hyderabad. The preliminary screening of aerial parts shows best results the presence of phytochemical like alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, phenol, sterol and lignin in the polar solvents methanolic and ethyl acetate extracts. However both chloroform and water extract revealed the absence of alkaloids and sterols, flavonoids, phenol, sterol and lignin respectively. The best resulted polar extracts from preliminary screening test were subjected to antimicrobial studies on Gram positive ethyl acetate extract were showing the zone of inhibition (S. aurea 7 mm and B. subitilus 9 mm) and methanolic extract (S. aurea 8 mm and 10 mm B. subitilus) Whereas, Gram negative strains were tested by plant extracts, ethyl acetate extract showing the positive inhibition on (K. pneumonia 8 mm and E. coli 5 mm). Methanolic extract was active suppression on Gram negative bacterial (E. coli 9 mm and K. pneumonia 10 mm), investigation in comparison with the standard antibiotic ampicillin. The current research work showing the best organic solvent for extraction of active non-volatile compounds and its anti-microbial activity which is required in the medicinal plant research for drug development.

Biography :

Email: s.jaggali@gmail.com