Phytochemical, Antimicrobial and Bio-Active Component Analysis of Platycerium Superbum (L.) Methanolic Extract

Authors

  • Abiola G. Femi-Adepoju School of Allied Health and Environmental Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete, 240001, Nigeria
  • Adeyinka O. Adepoju Department of Biological Sciences, Wesley University, Ondo, 340001, Nigeria
  • Felicia A. Durodola Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, 200001, Nigeria
  • Mariam A. Akanbi-Gada School of Allied Health and Environmental Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete, 240001, Nigeria

Keywords:

P. superbum, MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus), Antibiotics, MIC (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration).

Abstract

Plants have been considered for several years to be a valuable source of compounds that can be active against the activity of many pathogenic organisms but lower plants are rarely considered useful in many cases. In this study, the phytochemical analysis, antimicrobial activity and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) analysis was carried out on P. superbum methanolic extract following standard procedures from earlier reports. The qualitative phytochemical screening result revealed the presence of important phytochemicals like tannin, saponin, alkaloid, flavonoid, protein, terpenoid, oxalate, glycoside, anthraquinone, and phytobiotin in the plant extract. Flavonoid has the highest quantity of 6.69mg/g while terpenoid has the lowest quantity of 0.66mg/g. The result of the antimicrobial activity of P. superbum revealed that the plant extract compared with some standard drugs like Ciprofloxacin, Streptomycin, Septrin and Gentamycin had significantly the same level of activity at certain concentrations while the extract showed greater potency against the test microbes at some other concentrations.

The GC-MS analysis of the extract revealed the presence of essential bioactive compounds like Silanediol, Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, Methyl ester, Cyclohexacarboxylic acid, Bicyclo [3.1.1] Heptane, Bicyclo [5.2.0] nonane, Methyl palmitate and 7– Octaecenoic which have been reportedly given some therapeutic and industrial credits.

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2018-07-13

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G. Femi-Adepoju, A., O. Adepoju, A., A. Durodola, F., & A. Akanbi-Gada, M. (2018). Phytochemical, Antimicrobial and Bio-Active Component Analysis of Platycerium Superbum (L.) Methanolic Extract. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 40(1), 98–107. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/9059

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