M. Syam Vardhan*, K. Narayana, B. Saradhi, B. Swaroop, P. Venkateswara Rao.
Abstract:
Cynodon dactylon (Leaf) is a type of grass that possesses great medicinal values. Moreover, medicinal plants are the important source of potentially useful structures for the development of novel antimicrobial agents. Historically, plants have provided a source of the development for novel drugs and plant derived drugs which have made large contributions to human health and well-being. Till now very few plants have been scientifically proved by different researchers for their medicinal potential but the therapeutic ability of number of plants are still unknown. In this study, take four different solvents (chloroform, acetone, ethanol and water) in the order to enhance the polarity nature and finally with distilled water. These were used to investigate the phytochemical constituents of the plant to extract the bioactive compounds from the leaf of Cynodon dactylon to screen the antimicrobial activity. Antimicrobial study of methanol and aqueous extracts showed antimicrobial activity against the tested pathogens. Antimicrobial activity was reported due to presence of bioactive compounds.