Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, Antibacterial Activities of Citrus Limon and Citrus Sinensis Peel Extracts

The study has demonstrated the occurrence of significant amount of secondary metabolites such as tannin, steroids, reducing sugar, proteins and high content of carbohydrates from the aqueous and chloroform extracts and other secondary metabolites from citrus fruit peel wastes of Citrus limon and Citrus sinensis where as the ethanolic extract indicated the unique presence of saponin too. The fruit peel ethanolic extract of C.limon and C.sinensis exhibited potent anti-oxidant activity and antibacterial activity against Gram positive and Gram negative organisms. The present study has shown the usefulness of the extraction methodologies adopted for efficient extraction, processing and utilization of these citrus fruit peel wastes and also to characterize the phytochemicals, antioxidant property and antibacterial activities of fruit peel wastes of lemon and oranges.