PHARMACOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION AND ANTIBACTERIAL STUDIES ON THE EXTRACTS OF HEMIDESMUS INDICUS,AVICENNIA MARINAAND ULVA LACTUCA

Author Name: *P. Meenachi, **R.K. Jeshika, ***D. Aruna and ****T.Kumaran

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: INDIA

DOI NO.: NA, DOI Link: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/08.2020-25662434/

Affiliation:

1. *,**,***Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Muslim Arts College, Kanyakumari 629174, Tamilnadu, India.
2. ****PG & Research Department of Zoology, Muslim Arts College, Affiliated to ManonmaniamSundaranar University, Thiruvithancode, Kanyakumari 629174, Tamilnadu, India.
   E-mail:kumaranmac@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Natural products as pure compounds provide unlimited opportunities for new drug leads because of the unmatched availability of chemical diversity. Medicinal plants are the richest bio resource of drugs of traditional systems of medicine, modern medicines, food supplements, folk medicines, pharmaceutical intermediates and chemical entities for synthetic drugs. Phytochemical analysis of Hemidesmusindicus,Avicennia marina and Ulvalactuca extracts revealed that numerous compounds in plants traditionally used for medicinal purposes have many therapeutical properties. The result of the phytochemical studies revealed the presence of Saponins, Tannins and Alkaloids. The concentrations of the extracts used were 25 mg/ml, 50 mg/ml and 100mg/ml respectively. At these concentrations, the extract inhibited the growth of Escherichia coli, Aeromonashydrophilaand Aeromonashydrophila; and produced percentage inhibition ranging between 72.4% to 86.5%. The may due to the presence of the phytochemicals present in the plant. The results suggest that the phytochemical properties and anti-bacterial activity demostrated by the plant extract for curing various diseases and leads to the isolation of new and novel compounds.

Key words: midesmusindicus, Avicennia marina, Ulvalactuca, Phytochemical, Antibacterial.