PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF AQUEOUS SEED EXTRACTS OF MACROTYLOMA UNIFLORUM
M. Suriyavathana*, M. Manikandan, K. J. Janeesha, M. Sandhya and K. Ashok Ram
ABSTRACT
The present study was carried out to understand the antimicrobial activity of aqueous extracts. The antibacterial activity of Macrotyloma uniflorum (Horse gram) was evaluated against ten bacterial strains including Gram-positive (S.aureus and K.pneumoniae) and Gram-negative bacteria (E. coli) and fungal strains used were (A. flavus and Verticillum) by agar-cup diffusion method. Aqueous seed extract showed the best results against all the bacteria and fungal stains and showed maximum zone of inhibition. Phytochemical investigation of aqueous extracts showed the presence of saponins, alkaloids and flavonoids as major phytoconstituents.
Keywords: Macrotyloma uniflorum, Phytochemical, bacterial and fungal stains.
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