Phytochemical analysis and Antibacterial properties of Azadirachta indica (Neem) leaves extract against E.coli
Author(s):
Alka sahrawat, Jyoti Sharma, Siddarth N Rahul, Snigdha Tiwari, Maya Datt Joshi, Aditya Pundhir, Rupesh Kumar, Akansha, Radhika, Bhavya, Shivani, Sharib, Nilesh, Govind and Akash
Abstract:
Azadirachta indica has great medicinal properties and distributed worldwide. The extract of
Azadirachta indica show different properties like antibacterial, antifungal, antoxident etc. In this work we prepared extract in different solvent i.e benzene, acetone, toluene, ethyl acetate, ethanol and beutyl alcohol. Phytochemical analysis of plant extract also gave positive result for saponins, tannins, phenols, proteins, glycoside, terpenoids, carbohydrate, flavanoids, alkanoids. The aim of this study that screen out the active components and test the antibacterial activity of extract in different solvents as benzene, acetone, toluene, ethyl acetate, ethanol, beutyl alcohol. The acetone extract showed the maiximum bacterial growth nhibition 58.77% against
E. colistrains. Therefore the
Azadirachta indica leaf and other parts of this plant use for different purpose like antimicrobial, antioxidant in the form of powder, tablet and micro solution.
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Alka sahrawat, Jyoti Sharma, Siddarth N Rahul, Snigdha Tiwari, Maya Datt Joshi, Aditya Pundhir, Rupesh Kumar, Akansha, Radhika, Bhavya, Shivani, Sharib, Nilesh, Govind and Akash. Phytochemical analysis and Antibacterial properties of Azadirachta indica (Neem) leaves extract against E.coli. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2018;7(4):1368-1371.