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Pak. J. Bot., 44(5): 1677-1680, 2012. |
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IN VITRO ANTIMICROBIAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM L.
HUMA SHAREEF*, GHAZALA. H. RIZWANI, SHAUKAT MAHMOOD, RAHEELA KHURSHEED AND HINA ZAHID
Abstract: The present studies designed as In vitro antimicrobial and phytochemical activity of whole plant of Cardiospermum halicacabum. The extracts and seed oil exhibited antibacterial activities with zones of inhibition ranging from 7mm to14mm for ethanolic, ethylacetate extracts and seed oil, 7mm to 10mm for butanolic and 7mm to 9mm for aqueous extracts against the gram positive and gram negative bacterial strains. Crude ethanol, aqueous extracts and seed oil exhibited appreciable fungal activity against, Candida albicans while Aspergillus niger was only active against ethanolic extract with significant zone of inhibition 18mm. phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of tannins, saponins terpenes and sugar in the crude extract.
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan. *Corresponding author’s email: phr_huma@hotmail.com; Ph: 0092-021-99261300-07 Ext. 2202, 2414 |
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