Abstract

IN VITRO ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF RUBUS LACIOCARPUS LEAVES

Sandhya Dogra, Seema Vidyarthi, Subhash Chandra* and Sarla Saklani

Abstract

In the present study aimed at evaluating the in vitro antimicrobial activity and phytochemical screening of Rubus laciocarpus leaves were investigated by standard method. The leaves have been found to potent in antibacterial and antifungal activity (22 mm and 12 mm) respectively. The results showed that the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of Rubus laciocarpus leaves extract was 200μg/ml against Shigella flexneri. The phytochemical screening of plant for the presence of carbohydrates, glycosides, flavonoids, phenols, saponins, resin and tannins. However, alkaloids were absent. This analysis revealed that, the leaves contained potent value of antibacterial and antifungal activity.

Keywords: Antimicrobial Activity, Kali Hisar and Phytochemical Screening.