Abstract: It has been estimated that over 80% of African population uses plant (herbs) regimen for treatment and control of disease due to it safety, availability, and effectiveness. In the present study, the phytochemical and antimicrobial property of Aspilia africana was investigated using standard methods. The result revealed that the plant contained appreciable amount of phytochemical which included Alkaloids (8.350±0.44), Tannins (0.618±0.06), Flavonoids (2.016±0.21), Saponin (3.218±0.55) and Phenol (0.201±0.02). The antimicrobial analysis showed that the plant had a broad spectrum effect on the test organism showing varying zones of inhibitions ranging from 9.3 to 18.4 and 7.1 to 10.4 for the ethanol and aqueous extract on bacterial isolates and 6.3 to12.3 and 7.2 to 7.8 respectively on the fungal isolate. The findings in the present study therefore suggest the use of the plant as an alternative antimicrobial agent due to its pharmacological properties.
Keywords: Phytochemicals, Antimicrobial, Aspilia africana, Minimum inhibitory concentration.
Title: Phytochemical Constituents and Antimicrobial Potency of Aspilia Africana
Author: Ekaiko Marshall U, Arinze Adibelem G, Iwe Chijioke U, Asiegbu Emmanuel I
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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