• Anperasi R
• Dhanya R
• Manya Chandran J.A
• Sandra S.S
• Sneha Girish

Passion fruit leaves, botanically classified as Passiflora edulis, grow on a fast climbing vine that can spread 4-6 meters a year and are members of the Passifloraceae family. Passion fruit leaves contain fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C and niacin. The present study was intended to screen the phytochemical constituents, antimicrobial, larvicidal activity and antioxidant activity of Acetone, Methanol, Hexane, Chloroform, Ethyl acetate and Aqueous extracts of were studied in this work. The preliminary screening of the various extracts revealed the presence of Tannin, Saponin, Terpenoids, Phenol, Flavonoid, Amino acid, Alkaloid, Carbohydrate, Glycosides and Cardiac Glycosides. The antimicrobial screening was carried out using the following organisms; E. coli Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Klebsiella, Enterobacter and Staphylococcus. The chloroform extract showed the highest antibacterial activity against; E. coli with a zone of inhibition is 1.1cm. The hexane extract of Passiflora edulis showed highest level of larvicidal activity against Culex species of mosquito compared to other extracts. Hexane extract showed highest antioxidant activity compared to other solvent extracts and standard antioxidants. Thus, the results revealed the potential of the Passiflora edulis as a source for natural antibacterial and antioxidant agent.

Passiflora edulis, phytochemical, antibacterial, antioxidant and larvicidal activity.

"SCREENING OF PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS, ANTIMICROBIAL, LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF PASSIFLORA EDULIS.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no.824-833, September 2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009411.pdf

"SCREENING OF PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS, ANTIMICROBIAL, LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF PASSIFLORA EDULIS.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no. pp824-833, September 2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009411.pdf