Phytochemical Screening And Antimicrobial Potential Of Turmeric Varieties Grown In Uttarakhand Region

Abstract

Curcuma longa is a -well-known medicinal herb that has been used to cure a variety of illnesses in traditional medicine. In the present study, four different turmeric varieties procured from Almora and Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand were evaluated for antimicrobial activity and curcumin content. The antibacterial activity of turmeric species were tested against Bacillus species, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa at different concentrations of the extract by using a disc diffusion method. Vancomycin and Lenezoid was the control. The ethanolic extract with compared to aqueous plant rhizome extract, Curcuma longa shown greater potential to suppress test pathogenic bacteria and fungi, with zones of inhibition ranging from 3 mm to 10 mm and 4 mm to 9 mm, respectively. The in vitro inhibition effect was determined by the agar well diffusion method. The findings demonstrated that the turmeric plant had antibacterial properties against specific species and might be very beneficial to the pharmaceutical business in developing medications to treat illnesses and managing the serum lipid profile of the sector. Therefore, it is advised that more research be done on it in order to determine whether it may be used as a plant medicinal treatment, particularly at this time when herbal medications are becoming more and more significant as antibacterial agents.