ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF PONGAMIA PINNATA

摘要

Pongamia pinnata (Papilionaceae) is used for bronchitis, whooping cough, scabies, leprosy, piles, ulcers, rheumatic joints and to quench dipsia in diabetes in Indian traditional system of medicine. Methanolic extracts of pods and flowers of P. pinnata were prepared by soxhlet extraction. The extracts were evaluated for their antibacterial (S.aureus, E.coli, K. pneumoniae) and antifungal (C. albicans) activity by cup plate method. The flower extract of P. pinnata showed higher antibacterial as well as antifungal activity as compared to pod extract. The phytochemical screening was performed for qualitative identification of phytoconstituents.