ANTI BACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF COMMELINA BENGHALENSIS

F.  Ahmed; S.M.S.  Rahman; A.K.  Das

doi:10.53808/KUS.2001.3.2.0144-L

Authors

F. Ahmed Pharmacy Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
S.M.S. Rahman Pharmacy Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
A.K. Das Pharmacy Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2001.3.2.0144-L

Keywords:

Antibacterial activity; Commelina benghalensis

Abstract

95% ethanolic extract of the herb Commelina benghalensis and its three fractions (carbon tetrachloride, nhexane, and chloroform soluble fractions) exhibited significant cytotoxic activity in brine shrimp lethality bioassay. Whereas, two compounds B-Amyrin and Baeurenol were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract. The extracts, fractions and isolated compounds were checked for their antibacterial activity.

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