Nadeem Ahmed, Asghari Bano and S S Tahir
Accepted Abstracts: Nat Prod Chem Res
The present study reveals the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of extracts of Salsola baryosma. Phytochemical study was done by GC-MS and antibacterial and antifungal activity was subjected against four bacterial strains and two fungal strains using agar well diffusion method and test tube dilution method respectively. The GC-MS study revealed the presence of sixteen compounds in n-hexane extract namely; Nonadecane, 2-methyl-(1), Isolongifolene, 4,5,9,10-dehydro-(2), Hexadecane, 2,6,11,15-tetramethyl-(3), Nonadecane, 2-methyl(4), Nonadecane, 2-methyl(5), n- Hexadecanoic acid(6), Octacosane(7), Tetracosane(8), Pentacosane(9), 4,8,12,16-Tetramethylheptadecan-4-oide(10), 9-Hexadecanoic, 9-octadecenyl ester, [Z,Z]-(11), Hexacosane(12), Heptacosane(13), Tetratetracontane(14), Hexacosane, 9-octyl-(15), Heptacosane, 9-hexyl-(16). The ethanolic extract of the aerial parts showed the most promising activity among selected four solvents against clinically isolated pathogenic bacterial strains. The ethanol extract showed more antifungal activity against Fusarium moniliforme and Helmintosporium sativum. The plant contains useful bioactive compounds which have inhibitory potential against different strains of bacteria and fungi.
