Isolation, analysis and identification of phytochemicals of antimicrobial activity of Moringa oleifera Lam.

Abstract

Moringa oleifera known as Moringa is native to north India but is now found throughout the tropics. Moringa has an impressive range of medicinal uses with high nutritional value. Having known the bioactive potency of M. oleifera, the present study and findings deal with the antimicrobial activities of the organic extract of leaves, seed and flower of M. oleifera that contain antibacterial, antifungal, GC-MS chemical profiles and secondary metabolites which are frequently used in traditional medicine references attest to its curative power. The various preparations of M. oleifera acts as antibiotic, antitrypanosomal, hypotensive, antispansmoctic, antiulcer, anti-inflammatory, hypocholesterolemic, and hypoglycemic activities