1Department of Pharmacognosy and Centre for Ethnopharmacology, University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Karnataka, India
2University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University, Waltiar, Andhra Pradesh, India
3Rajah RSRKRR College, Bobbili, Vijayanagaram, Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, India
*For Correspondence -drgkrishnamohan@yahoo.co
The phytochemical study of the seeds of Mucuna monosperma DC. revealed the presence of flavonoids, sterols, triterpenoids. The separated compounds were identified based on their melting points, IR, 1H NMR and mass spectral data, such compounds were acacetin, luteolin, b-sitosterol, stigmasterol, ursolic acid and betulinic acid. The antimicrobial activity of chloroform and methanolic extract of seed powder was investigated. The methanolic extract exhibited marked antibacterial activity against gram positive, gram negative organisms and fungi.
Mucuna monosperma, flavonoids, triterpenoids, antimicrobial activity
