EVALUATION OF PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF AGERATUM CONYZOIDES LINN., AGAINST THE MOST COMMON SKIN INFECTION CAUSING AGENTS

Phytochemical constituenys in plants have a variety of uses and may even serve as anti-microbials. Our study is  aimed at evaluating the phytochemical constituents of A.conyzoides by qualitative analysis and also to evaluate the antibacterial properties of the extracts of A.conyzoides by disc diffusion method. The extracts of the plants contain all the phytochemicals that were tested for and the extracts of the plant possessed significant antibacterial properties at concentrations of 50mg/ml and more. The ethyl acetate extract of the plant has the highest zone of inhibition activity among all the forms of extracts of A.conyzoides. Keywords: Ageratum conyzoides, antibacterial property, ethyl acetate extract, Phytochemicals, Disc diffusion method