Abstract

CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTI MICROBIAL EFFECT OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM ON PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

Uma Mageshwari Perumal, Bhorgin Lourdu Mary A. J* and Aishwarya A.D

ABSTRACT

Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) have been used as a traditional Chinese medicinal herb for thousands of years. Cloves possess antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties. In this current work we have synthesized silver nanoparticles from methanolic extract of the spice clove (Syzygium aromaticum). The presence of silver nanoparticles are observed from the UV- Vis spectroscopy and the chemical components from FTIR analysis. The nanoparticles synthesized from the methanolic extract of clove are tested for antimicrobial activity against different bacterial and fungal strains. Antimicrobial activity of bud extract might be related to their phytochemical compounds synthesised by the plant and also by the presence of different secondary metabolites of the active plant constituents. The present study shows clove has great effect of microbicidal and ecofriendly.

Keywords: Clove, Methanolic extract, Silver nanoparticles, Antimicrobial activity.