Anitmicrobial activity of Vanilla planifolia

N  Shanmugavalli; V  Umashankar  and Raheem

doi:10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i3.14

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Anitmicrobial activity of Vanilla planifolia

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i3.14

Year: 2009, Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-4

Original Article

Anitmicrobial activity of Vanilla planifolia

N. Shanmugavalli¹ , V. Umashankar¹ and Raheem²

¹PG Department of Bioinformatics, SRM University, Chennai, Tamil nadu, India.
²PG Department of Biochemistry, PGP College of Arts and Science, Nammakal, India.

*Author for the correspondence:
N. Shanmugavalli
PG Department of Bioinformatics, SRM University, Chennai,
Tamil nadu, India
E-mail: [email protected]

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Abstract

Vanilla planifolia is a popular orchid species and the present study investigates its antimicrobial activity against few pathogenic bacteria. The active ingredient of the Vanilla extract was resolved by HPLC and the compounds identified were flavonoid and alkaloid in nature.

Keywords: Orchid-Vanilla planifolia, antimicrobial activity, HPLC