Saraswathi Jaggali
Osmania University, India
Title: Identification of Active Compounds by Qualitative Analysis and Antibacterial Activity of Medicinal plant Pelargonium graveolens
Biography
Biography: Saraswathi Jaggali
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 “Geranium essential oil†and well established in the medicinal background and our studies carried out and grown in Hyderabad province. The preliminary screening of aerial parts showing 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 7mm and B.subitilus 9mm) and Methanolic extract (S.aurea 8mm and 10mm B.subitilus) Whereas, gram negative strains were tested by plant extracts, Ethyl acetate extract showing the positive inhibition on (K.pneumonia 8mm and E.coli 5mm). Methanolic extract was active suppression on Gram negative bacterial (E.coli 9mm and K.pneumonia 10mm). 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.