• Bhimrao Vishwanath Jaiwal
• Rajesh Dattatraya Tak

Banana peel is an outermost part of banana fruit and it is considered as waste material. It has been extensively studied that banana peel consists novel ingredients. The authentication of biological properties of these ingredients is beneficial for commercial applications of banana peel. This study was performed to investigate the qualitative analysis of phytochemical and antimicrobial activity of banana peel. Qualitative analysis of phytochemical in different solvent extracts was carried out by different tests and antimicrobial activity was performed by agar well diffusion method. Alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, phenols, saponins, flavonoids and terpenoids were observed in extracts prepared in polar and non-polar solvents. Most of the phytochemicals were present in ethanol extract of banana peel. Aqueous, methanol, ethanol and ethyl acetate extracts exhibited antimicrobial activity against B. subtilis E. coli S. aureus and S. typhi. Among all solvent extracts, ethanol extract exhibited prominent antimicrobial activity against all studied strains while ethyl acetate extract showed lower antimicrobial activity. Ethanol extract exhibited the highest activity (Inhibition zone 22 ± 0.1) against S. aureus while ethyl acetate extract showed the lowest activity (Inhibition zone 6 ± 0.2) against B. subtilis. Chloroform and petroleum ether extract not exhibited antimicrobial activity. The phytochemicals of banana peel could be utilized as an alternative source of antimicrobial agent.

M. paradisiaca (Banana peel), B. subtilis E. coli S. aureus, S. typhi, Flavonoids

"Antimicrobial activity of banana peel (Musa paradisiaca L.) in different solvent extracts", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.1184-1188, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905S77.pdf

"Antimicrobial activity of banana peel (Musa paradisiaca L.) in different solvent extracts", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp1184-1188, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905S77.pdf