Phytochemical, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Methanol Extract of Leaves and Flowers of Ipomoea Cairica

Phytochemical, antimicrobial, and antioxidant investigation on the leaves and flower of Ipomoea cairica was traced in present investigation. Leaves and flowers of the plants were extracted with Methanol. Methanol Extracts of both leaves and flower of Ipomoea cairica were tested quantitatively for phytoconsituents. Methanol extract for both leaves and flower showed the presence of phytoconstituent Alkaloids, carbohydrates, tannins, phenolic compounds, proteins and amino acid, terpinoids and sterols and saponins. These extracts were further tested for their antimicrobial activity against the bacterial strains of Eschirechia coli (22 mm & 11 mm), Klebsella pneumonia (11 mm & 10 mm), Salmonella typhi (13 mm & 11 mm), Bacillus subtilus (10 mm & 15 mm) , Staphylococcus aurius (08 mm & 13 mm) and the fungal strains of Aspergillus niger (16 mm & 14 mm), Penicillum chrysogenum (20 mm & 18 mm), Sacchomyces cerevisiae (25 mm & 21 mm), Candida albicans(24 mm & 18 mm) of both methanol extract of leaves and flowers respectively. The results have shown that methanol extract of the leaves and flower of Ipomoea cairica showed very good activity against all the bacterial and fungus strains in comparison with chloramphenicol and ketoconazole. Methanol extracts of leaves and flowers showed remarkable antioxidant activity 82.58 % and 81.44 % at 500 μg/ml respectively.