COMPARATIVE PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY STUDIES ON MEDICINAL TREE AEGLE MARMELOS (L.) CORREA AND ITS INTRASPECIFIC VARIANT EKABILVA

The present study is focused on the comparative phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activity in the typical form of the Aegle marmelos(AM1) and its intraspecific variant EkaBilva(AM2). Since ancient times Bilvais highly used in the indigenous systems of medicinesfor various disorders but extensively for dysentery and diabetes.Its intraspecific variant EkaBilvahas more extensively used rather than Bilva by the locals in Telugu speaking states. To find out the variations in the phytochemical components and their activity in the both typical form and intraspecific variant the studies were carried out. The powdered leaf materials of both were extracted by using Aqueous, ethanol, chloroform and pet-ether extracts. The following chemical compounds were reported Alkaloids, Steroids, Triterpenoids,Tannins, Glycosides, Flavonoids, Reducing sugars, Phenolsin AM1&AM2. Tannins, Flavonoids are present in Alcohol extracts in AM1 differing with AM2. The antimicrobial activity was carried out by disk-diffusion method by using four different microorganisms with the nutrient agar medium the high zone of inhibition shown in the leaf extracts of AM2 in all extracts except aqueous in all isolates.