Evaluation of phytochemical parameters, antibacterial and antihelminthic activity of leaves and bark extracts of plant Bombax ceiba

Suyogya  Shah; Kamana  Ghimire; Amit Kumar Gupta; Priyanka Pokhrel; Janmajoy Banerjee; Hemanta Khanal; Mahalaxmi  Pradhananga

doi:10.18231/2348-0335.2017.0006

Authors

Suyogya Shah Department of Pharmacy, Sunsari Technical College, Dharan, Nepal
Kamana Ghimire Department of Pharmacy, Sunsari Technical College, Dharan, Nepal
Amit Kumar Gupta Department of Pharmacy, Sunsari Technical College, Dharan, Nepal
Priyanka Pokhrel Department of Pharmacy, Sunsari Technical College, Dharan, Nepal
Janmajoy Banerjee Department of Pharmacy, Sunsari Technical College, Dharan, Nepal
Hemanta Khanal Central campus of Technology Hattisar , Dharan
Mahalaxmi Pradhananga Central campus of Technology Hattisar , Dharan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18231/2348-0335.2017.0006

Keywords:

Bombax ceiba, Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella dysentery

Abstract

Bombax ceiba, commonly known as the red silk-cotton tree, is a large, briefly deciduous tree occurring in warm monsoon forests in southern Asia. Various phytochemical constituents present in different plant parts has been already reported earlier to possess many biological activities, here in this work extraction was performed by mixture of solvent (distilled water: ethanol) as well as the individual solvents (water) and (ethanol). The phytochemical screening of the leaves and barks was found to exhibit the presence of carbohydrates, glycoside, saponin, phytosterol phenol, tannins, flavonoid, proteins and diterpenes and negative result for alkaloids in all the solvent extracts. The ethanolic extract of leaves was subjected to antihelmenthic activity and the result was found to be moderate

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