ANALYSIS OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY AND PHYTOCHEMICAL CONTENTS OF A RARE AND ENDEMIC LIANA (STROPHANTHUS WIGHTIANUS WALL. EX WIGHT) OF SOUTH INDIA

10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12

Volume 3 Issue 4 2012(October - December) ANALYSIS OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY AND PHYTOCHEMICAL CONTENTS OF A RARE AND ENDEMIC LIANA (STROPHANTHUS WIGHTIANUS WALL. EX WIGHT) OF SOUTH INDIA Antibacterial activity of cold water and ethanolic crude extracts of leaves of lessThan i greaterThan Strophanthus wightianus lessThan /i greaterThan Wall. ex Wight was evaluated against Gram negative bacteria( lessThan i greaterThan Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Klebsiella pneumoniae lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Enterobacter aerogenes lessThan /i greaterThan ) and Gram positive bacteria ( lessThan i greaterThan Staphylococcus aureus lessThan /i greaterThan , Methicillin resistant lessThan i greaterThan Staphylococcus aureus lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Streptococcus mutans lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Bacillus subtilis lessThan /i greaterThan ). Methicillin resistant lessThan i greaterThan Staphylococcus aureus lessThan /i greaterThan was the most sensitive strain of those tested with the cold water extract and lessThan i greaterThan Enterobacter aerogenes lessThan /i greaterThan with the ethanolic extract of leaves lessThan i greaterThan Strophanthus wightianus lessThan /i greaterThan Wall. ex Wight. Qualitative phytochemical analysis gave positive results for alkaloides, anthraquinones, lipids/fats, glycosides, phenols, carbohydrates, tannins, resins, reducing sugars,saponinsand flavonoids JOSEPH JOHN,RAGI,P. R,SUJANA,K. A. AND N. ANIL KUMAR Antibacterial Activity, Phytochemicals, Rare Liana, Strophanthus wightianus, South India 97-101