ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF AERIAL PART OF EXTRACT OF ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER LINN.

Journal: Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Research (Vol.2, No. 1)

Publication Date: 2012-04-30

Authors : Anowara Jenny Dibyajyoti Saha Swati Paul Mycal Dutta Zia Uddin Aninda Kumar Nath;

Page : 38-41

Keywords : Elephantopus scaber Linn; Compositae; Aerial part extract; Antibacterial activity;

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Abstract

Crude petroleum ether, chloroform and methanolic aerial part extracts of Elephantopus scaber Linn were investigated for its antibacterial potential against Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella paratyphi A, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella sonnei, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium to observe the chemotherapeutic value of the plant. All the extracts showed very good antibacterial activity but the methanolic extract was found to be the most effective against the tested organisms.

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