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ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF DECALEPIS HAMILTONII WIGHT AND ARN. (ASCLEPIADACEAE) ROOT EXTRACTS AGAINST FOOD‐RELATED MICROORGANISMS
Author(s) -
THANGADURAI D.,
MURTHY K.S.R.,
PRASAD P.J.N.,
PULLAIAH T.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4565.2004.00537.x
Subject(s) - petroleum ether , antimicrobial , ethyl acetate , chemistry , food science , traditional medicine , chloroform , banana peel , food spoilage , botany , biology , extraction (chemistry) , organic chemistry , bacteria , medicine , genetics
The antimicrobial activity of petroleum ether, benzene, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of Decalepis hamiltonii Wight and Arn. (Asclepiadaceae) against 15 different food‐related microorganisms was evaluated. Among the solvent extracts, methanolic and petroleum ether extracts are the most active exhibiting growth inhibition of 11 and nine of the 15 organisms, respectively. The inhibitory activity was comparable with the respective standards. The results suggest that methanolic and petroleum ether extracts can be used for the bioactivity‐guided isolation of novel antimicrobials which prevents food spoilage.