ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY STUDIES OF LEAVES AND ROOTS OF SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM

Carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, ethanolic and hexane extracts of the root and leaves of Solanum xanthocarpum were evaluated
separately for antimicrobial and antipyretic activities. All the extracts were tested against certain Gram positive and Gram negative
organisms by well diffusion method. In the methodology, antimicrobial activity was observed for extracts against all the tested
organisms. Anti-inflammatory activity of ethanolic and chloroform extract are maximum as well as antioxidant activity is maximum
for ethanolic extract studied by DPPH Method.


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