Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of Acacia nilotica (L.) Del.
Swami Narsingh Chandra Dev, Kantishree De* and Shraddha Singh
Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biological Science, Rani Durgavati Vishvavidyalaya, Jabalpur-482001 (India)
ABSTRACT
In the present investigation the antimicrobial activity of ethanol, chloroform, water and methanol extracts of different parts (stem, leaf, seed) of Acacia nilotica (L.) Del. was observed. only methenolic extract showed good activity against all the tested bacteria and fungi except Aspergillus niger. The determination of MIC value was found at the conc. of 5μl on Escherecia.coli. Phytochemical analysis revealed presence of alkaloids, saponin, flavonoid, tannin and glycosides in the leaf extract.