Phytochemical Analysis of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad and study of its antibacterial activity in vitro

Abstract

Citrullus colocynthis (L.) an important herbal to the tribal not founded as vivid day up till now. Except few fragmentary findings no investigation in respect to phytochemical screening. And antibacterial activity of the present day has not been done keeping this point in mind phytochemical screening and anti-bacterial activity recently done against four bacteria (S. typhi, P. aeruginosa, K. pneumoniae, B. subtilis) using Acetone, Ethanol, and Aqueous as solvent extracts. Flavonoids as marker of phytochemicals identified for best results where Acetone extracts for B. subtilis and Ethanol extract for P. aeruginosa showed excellent results rather than extract in aqueous solution.