Abstract

• Borassus flabellifer Linn. is one of the medicinally important plants in family Arecaceae. The study was under taken to investigate the phytochemical and antimicrobial activities of Borassus flabellifer L. root. The phytochemical analysis of alkaloids, α-amino acid, carbohydrate, glycosides, phenolic compounds, polyphenol, reducing sugars, saponins, starch, terpenoids, tannins, and steroids were present. Antimicrobial activity was analyzed by agar well diffusion method against six strains of microorganism, namely Escherichia coli, Saccharomyces cerevisia, Pseudomonous fluorescens, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus subtilis, and Candida albicans. Methanol extract of root (12.95-14.68 mm) were active against all test strains. Ethanol and watery extracts (13.23-15.64 mm) against four test strains. Petroleum ether extract did not show antimicrobial activity. Among the various crude extracts, the ethyl acetate extract showed the maximum zone of inhibition was exhibited in C. albicans (22.26 mm) compared to tested microorganisms. Therefore, the ethyl acetate extract of the palm root has showed consistently significant inhibitory activity on different tested organisms.