Cytotoxic and antimicrobial potential of different leaves extracts of R. fruticosus used traditionally to treat diabetes.

ABSTRACT: Medicinal plant as herbal medicine is widely used to cure infectious diseases. Rubus fruticosus L (R. fruticosus) has been studied for its antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities. Different polarity leave extracts were prepared by using hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and hydro alcoholic solvents. Agar diffusion method has been used to assess the antibacterial activity against two gram-positive Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus and two gram-negative Escherichia coli and Haemophilus influenza bacterial strains. Cytotoxic activity was carried out against brine shrimp using the nauplii method (BSL). The results so obtained for various experiments demonstrates the total number of extracts produces moderate to strong antibacterial activit

SUBMITTER: Weli AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7772486 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature