Kandikattu Karthik, Ravi M., Bharath Rathna Kumar P. and Bindu Madhavi K
Medicinal plants have been used for many years in daily life to treat diseases all over the world. Plants are considered not only as dietary supplements of living organisms but also traditionally used for treating many health problems. Medicines such as quinines are popular Anti-malarial drug obtained from the tree barks similarly in case of aloe the leaves contain a resinous juice with several glucosides which is used as purgative. The intention of present study was to perform in-vitro anti-microbial activity and check the Anti-bacterial and Anti-fungal activity of leaf extract of Canthium Parviflorum. Petroleum ether, chloroform, ethanol and aqueous extracts of this plant were obtained by soxhlet method. All these extracts were tested for the inhibition activity against the different bacterial strains i.e., Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens and fungi strains like Aspergillus flavus. The phyto-chemical screening of ethanol extract of Canthium Parviflorum revealed the presence of alkaloids. This suggests that this phyto-constituent may be responsible for anti-microbial activity.
