Vol. 10, Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
Neha Sharma, Sanjay Guleria, Aasiya Majeed and KH Salaria

Abstract:
The present study was carried out to find out the phytochemical constuients and the antibacterial activity of lemongrass against Escherichia coli, Klebsilla pneumoniae, and Bacillus subtilis. The essential oil of Lemongrass was analysed by (GC-MS) gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. Twenty-eight compounds were identified, comprising about 96.22 % of the total oil composition. The oil was dominated by citral followed by β-myrcene, cis-geraniol, isoneral, geranyl acetate with some minor components. The essential oil showed strong antibacterial activity against various bacterial strains. Thus, lemongrass is effective against drug resistant organism. It can be suggested that the use of lemongrass oil would be helpful in the treatment of infections caused by the multidrug resistant pathogens.