METHANOLIC EXTRACTION OF WHOLE DRIED FRUIT OF PUNICA GRANATUM AND EVALUATION FOR ITS ANTI MICROBIAL ACTIVITY

Abstract

Plants have associate degree nearly limitless ability to synthesize aromatic substances, most of that area unit phenols or their oxygen-substituted derivatives. Most area unit secondary metabolites, of that a minimum of twelve, 000 are isolated, variety calculable to be but 100 percent of the overall. In several cases, these substances’ function plant defense mechanisms against predation by microorganisms, insects, and herbivores. Some, like terpenoids, provide plants their odors; others (quinones and tannins) area unit liable for plant pigment. several compounds area unit liable for plant flavor (e.g., the terpenoid chemical irritant from chili peppers), and a few of an equivalent herbs and spices utilized by humans to season food yield helpful medicative compounds. In the present work an attempt was made to evaluate the anti-microbial activity of the Punica granatum, similar works have been performed by various scientists around the world but not used fruit as a whole extract in this work methanolic extracts of whole dried fruits are used and the results are found to be better than that of the extracts prepared from only seeds, peels, rind. The extracts from whole fruit showed better results but didn’t cross the standard drugs results but by a minor margin.