Pharmacognostic effect of leaves extract of Murraya koenigii Linn

The investigation was conducted with methanolic extract of Murraya koenigii L for its anti bacterial, phytochemical screening and antioxidant capacities. Antibacterial activity of the extract was evaluated against various Grampositive and Gram-negative bacteria using agar well diffusion technique. For phytocehmical screening such as flavonoids. alkaloids, resins, glycosides, tannins, saponins, amino acids, steroids and analyse the antioxidant capacity. The methanolic leaf extract showed better antibacterial activity against pseudomonas aeroginosa (Gramnegative) staphylococcus aureus(Gram-positive) followed by Bacillus subtilis(Gram positive) E.coli(Gram negative) Proteus vulgaris(Gram positive). Qualitative screening for the presence of various phytochemical compound was highly present for amino acids. The high antioxidant capacity was noticed in proteus vulgaris (Gram-negative).