Phytochemical screening and evaluation of In-vitro antimicrobial properties of Mentha piperita L.
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Phytochemical, Antimicrobial, Mint, ExtractsAbstract
The present study was aimed to evaluate the phytochemical potential of hexane, acetone, chloroform, ethanol and aqueous extracts of Mentha piperita L. leaves. For the experiment, leaves of Mentha piperita L. were collected from the region of Nanded (MS), India and authenticated. The leaves of Mentha piperita L. showed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, phenols, saponins, steroids, terpenoids, proteins and carbohydrates. Acetone and aqueous extracts were observed to be more potent with presence of the entire screened phytochemicals. Acetone and Aqueous extract of plants show maximum content of phenols and flavonoids respectively. Also, the overall extracts showed high antimicrobial response specially acetone and chloroform extract against bacteria while in case of fungi, it showed very least response. These Phytochemical compounds are also known as plant secondary metabolites and are reported to have many biological and medicinal properties. Hence this species is expected to have many therapeutic uses and can be further studied for the production of pharmaceutical drugs.
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