Phytochemical Screening and Antimicrobial Potential Analysis of Methanolic Extracts of Ten Days Mature Triticum aestivum Linn. (Whole Plants)

Triticum aestivum Linn. is a common wheat plant which have been used as traditional herbal medicine and is highly valued for its therapeutic and nutritional properties. In the present study we intended to screen possible chemical groups and the antimicrobial potential of methanolic extracts of ten days mature whole plants of T. aestivum Linn. Phytochemical analysis was done by different qualitative chemical tests and antimicrobial potential was ascertained by disc diffusion method. The phytochemical analysis of the crude extract executed the presence of alkaloids, carbohydrates, glycosides, saponins, glycosides, steroids, tannins, flavonoids, terpenoids and phenols. Broad spectrum antimicrobial activity was revealed by the crude extracts at the concentration of 400 μg/disc. Ciprofloxacin was used as standard antibiotic to compare with that of the results. In order to isolate and characterize the antimicrobial active constituents responsible for the antimicrobial potential, further work especially bioassay-guided fractionation may be confessed.Â