Abstract: Musa sps. are perennial , widely distributed and well used plant varieties in Central Asia. Plant parts have various applications as religious, culinary preparations using stem, flower, fruits, and considered to be of medicinal and nutritional value. Research has been done on the plant parts - floral viz. spathe, flowers, stem, leaves. Bract (Spathe) has an important role in pollination and protection of floral parts. Earlier studies were carried out to assess the qualitative and quantitative composition of phytochemical constituents, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. Tannins, phenols and alkaloids, were identified as some of the phytochemical compounds. The current study is aimed at analysing the antibiotic activity of the bract extract using the standard antimicrobial agar well method as well as bioautographic technique. The efficiency of the bract antimicrobial activity was checked with laboratory cultures as well as Caninefur microbes.
Keywords: Musa sps, floral parts (bract), antimicrobial, bioautography, Canine microbes, and antioxidant.
Title: Bioanalytical, antibacterial and bioautographic assessment of spathe of Musa Sps.
Author: Prarthana Singh, Shraddha Mishra, Mansi Bhanushali, Saisha Karbhari, Jayaprada Rao Chunduri,
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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