Open AccessPHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF THE STEM BARK EXTRACTS OFPTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS (POIR)
Author(s) -
Ogah Sunday
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/12875
Subject(s) - phytochemical , antimicrobial , traditional medicine , enterococcus faecalis , klebsiella pneumoniae , salmonella typhi , bark (sound) , dysentery , enterobacter , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , escherichia coli , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , ecology , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Medicinal plants are very rich in phytochemicals and have been widely used in modern-day processing drugs. Pterocarpus Erinaceus and has been commonly utilized in Nigerian folk medicine to treat various illnesses such as diarrhea, dysentery, urethral discharges, fever. In this study, the phytochemical constituents and antimicrobial activities of Pterocarpus Erinaceus were analyzed. The result of the phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of tannins, saponins, and flavonoids. The antimicrobial screening showed that the plant is active against Salmonella typhi, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterococcus faecalis, and Escherichia coli.