Phytochemical Screening and Antimicrobial Activity of Various Extracts of Aerial Parts of Rhanterium epapposum

Rhanterium epapposum, native to the Arabian Peninsula, is traditionally used cure skin infections. The objective screen phytochemical content and antimicrobial activity of aqueous, methanol 80% extracts aerial parts R. epapposum. screening methanolic, epapposum was conducted using gas chromatographymass spectrometry. activities were assessed by well diffusion microdilution methods. Qualitative analysis revealed presence 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol in all three extracts, whereas ethanol, 2-methoxy-, acetate; n-hexadecanoic acid; 2,3-butanediol are present higher amount exclusively methanol, aqueous respectively. highest antibacterial shown extract S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, E. cloacae, K. pneumoniae, methanolic against methicillin-resistant coli, epidermidis, paucimobilis. Interestingly, showed antifungal C. albicans, guillermondii, vaginalis, utilis, tropicalis. broad-spread bacteria fungi. Especially, potent tested fungal strains.