Phytochemical Analysis, Antifungal and Antibacterial Screening of Aegle marmelos: A Guyana Floral Extract

Abstract

The plant material, leaves of Aegle marmelos were collected from Cove and John Ashram, Georgetown, Guyana.  Leaves are dried in oven at 50-55 ºC for 72 h.  The moisture content is calculated.  The dried leaves were grounded and extracted in each acetone, ethanol and   methanol solvents. Extracts were collected and evaporation of solvent was done on rotavapour.  The antimicrobial and antifungal activity of leaf extract were examined by well diffusion, poison plate, paper disc plate and streak plate methods. In Aegle marmelos leaves extract studies, maximum and minimum antimicrobial potential was observed for methanol and acetone solvents, respectively. Antimicrobial   potential of leave extract were also found to be maximum and minimum in Candida albicans   and Escherichia coli, respectively in most   assay studies. The phyto constituents, tannins, flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, phenol, steroids and phytosteroids were found to present in methanol leave extract of Aegle marmelos.  Present study is focus on phytochemical analysis, antifungal and antibacterial screening of Aegle marmelos   leaves extracts.