• Corpus ID: 9883567

Phytochemical Screening and Antibacterial Activities of Leaf Extracts of Terminalia catappa ( Umbrella Tree ) Kankia

@inproceedings{Tree2015PhytochemicalSA,
  title={Phytochemical Screening and Antibacterial Activities of Leaf Extracts of Terminalia catappa ( Umbrella Tree ) Kankia},
  author={Umbrella Tree},
  year={2015}
}

• Umbrella Tree
• Published 2015

s: The aqueous and organic solvent leaves extracts of Terminalia catappa were screened for antibacterial activity using hole in plate bioassay procedure. The extracts were also screened for their phytochemical constituents. Hexane (Hx) fractions at 30 – 90 mg/ml, showed activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus viridians and Staphylococcus aureus.The chloroform (CHL) fractions also showed a significant (P < 0.05) activity on the three (3) Bacteria employed. The petroleum ether (PE), water ethanol extract (W/E) and aqueous water extract (W) all showed significant (P<0.05) activity on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus viridians and Staphylococcus aureus. Tannins, Saponins, Flavonoids, Alkaloids, Anthraquinones, Steroids, saponin glycosides and cardiac glycosides were detectedin the extracts. These results have justified the indigenous use of the plant against the use of synthetic ones.