Preliminary Phytochemical Screening, Antibacterial Activity and Gc-MS Analysis of Asparagus Racemosus Root Extract

Abstract

Asparagus racemosus is one of the most frequently used herb in Indian traditional medicine is selected to study its medicinally active substances present in ethanol-extract. Preliminary Phytochemical screening of the extracts revealed the presence of triterpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, fatty acids, phenolic compounds, saponins and tannins. The ethanol extract of the root of A. racemosus has showed the spectrum of inhibition on Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia, E. coli, Enterococcus faecal, indicating that the phytocompounds present in it has promising antimicrobial activity. Further it is subjected to identify the number of constituents present in the A. racemosus by GC-MS analysis. The results obtained by the above extract have more or less similar phytoconstituents. In total there are16 compounds were identified in GC-MS analysis of ethanolic extracts of Asparagus racemous root which are medicinal important to become a potential drug in future perspective.

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