Antibacterial Activity of Aristolochia Bracteolata Lam

Abstract

The present study was subjected to evaluate the antibacterial activity of the aqueous leaf and aqueous root extract of the medicinal plant Aristolochia bracteolata using the standard disc diffusion method against four bacterial species, viz., Klepsiella pneumonia, Staphylococcus aereus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas flavus strains. The antibacterial activity revealed that the root extract has more effective than the leaf extracts.  Staphylococcus aureus was the most sensitive organism among the tested organism. A preliminary phytochemical screening was conducted on the plant extracts using standard qualitative procedures that revealed the presence of the secondary metabolites, alkaloids, saponins, phenols, flavonoid and tannin in rich status.