Research Article COMPARATIVE PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF TWO DIFFERENT GERMPLASM OF MUCUNA

Two different germplasm of Mucuna collected from agro geographical regions was evaluated for its antioxidant potential, phytochemical compounds and antibacterial activities. Between two, black-coloured germplasm was registered for higher levels of phytochemical compounds viz, total free phenolics (4.281g 100-1), tannins (0.356 g 100g-1), flavanoids (0.381g 100g-1), alkaloids (1.540 g 100g-1) and saponins (0.525 g 100g-1). Appreciable levels of nitric oxide scavenging (46.16%) and iron chelating activity (51.16%) was observed in both the germplasm. While, increasing the concentration of solvent extract together with increasing in the antioxidant activities was noticed. In general, solvent extracts were effective against microbes such as E.coli, B.subtilis, P. aeruginosa etc, as shown in inhibitory zones. High possibility for the existence of carboxylic acids, aromatic compounds in the studies seeds extracts as evidenced by FTIR spectra. To sum up, the antibacterial, antioxidant potential of the extracts this might be responsible by such compounds. However, further mechanistic study is needed to validate such specified isolated compounds in in vivo