African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Bio-activity of oils of Trigonella foenum-graecum and Pongamia pinnata

Pritee Wagh1, Mahendra Rai1*, S K Deshmukh2 and Marta Cristina Teixeira Durate3
  1Department of Biotechnology SGB Amravati University Amravati-444602, Maharashtra, India. 2Department of Natural Products, Nicholas Piramal Research Centre, 1A, 1B&1C , Nirlon Complex, Off Western Express Highway, Next to Food Bazar, Goregaon (East), Mumbai 400 063. India.  3Biológicas E Agrícolas – Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas - São Paulo, Brasil,  P.O. Box 6171, CEP: 13081-970.
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 20 October 2006
  •  Published: 04 July 2007

Abstract

 

Different concentration of oils obtained from two plants species belonging to family Fabaceae i.e. Trigonella foenum-graecum and Pongamia pinnata were evaluated for their antifungal and antibacterial activity against Aspergillus niger, A. fumigatus, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by MIC determination and dry-weight method. Both the oils showed high degree of antimycotic and antibacterial activity. P. pinnata oil was more effective as compared to oil of T. foenum-gracecum. A. niger and S. aureus were more sensitive to oil of P. pinnata. Chemical analysis of oils performed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS) showed the presence of fatty acids.

 

Key words: Inhibition, human pathogenic microbes, oils, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Pongamia pinnata.

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