EVALUATION OF ANTI MICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ETHANOL EXTRACT OF PSEUDARTHRIA VISCIDA LEAF

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ABSTRACT

The plant Pseudarthria viscida (Linn) belongs to Fabaceae family. It is a perennial shrub distributed throughout all districts of south India, also reported from Sri Lanka and Timor. Traditionally, the plant used in treatment of intermittent fever, urinary diseases, tumors, edema, and burning sensation, difficulty in breathing and toxic conditions. Herbal medicine is used frequently a part of larger therapeutic system like Traditional and folk medicine. Assortment of literature, the plant posses’ anti-diabetic, anti oxidant, anti tumor, anti hypertensive, anti diarrheal activities and it is necessary to evaluate in a scientific base, the potential use of folk medicine for the treatment of many diseases. The present study was performed to evaluate the in vitro antimicrobial activity of ethanol extract leaves of Pseudarthria viscida Linn, Phytochemical screening which indicated presence of carbohydrates, alkaloids, phenols, flavonoids.