Hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and ethanolic extracts of the aerial parts of Centaurea austro-anatolica Hub.-Mor. (Asteraceae) were evaluated against microorganisms, including multiresistant bacteria, using a paper disc diffusion method. The chloroform extract exhibited significant antibacterial activity toward all bacteria tested. The chemical composition of the chloroform extract was deter...

Leptadenia reticulata of Asclepidaceae family is a shrub, originally property of Petroleum ether, Alcohol & Chloroform extract of L. reticulata. The antimicrobial testing was carried out by "Disc diffusion method". Amongst the tested three extracts, chloroform extract showed high antimicrobial activity against E. coli, alcoholic extract showed high antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aer...

In the present study of chloroform extract of leaves of Flaveria trinervia (Sprengel) C.Mohr. (Asteraceae) obtained by soxhlet extraction method was tested for antiinflammatory activity by carrageenan induced paw edema in rats. The chloroform extract in dose of 250mg /kg b.w was administered orally.Antiinflammatory activity effect was compared with standard drug – Indomethacin (10mg/kg b.w) sho...

The antimicrobial activity and preliminary phyto-chemical studies on whole plant of Stachytarpheta jamaicensis were evaluated. The shade dried and coarsely powdered plant was successively extracted with n-hexane, chloroform and alcohol in Soxhlet apparatus. The antimicrobial activity of chloroform and alcohol extracts were evaluated by disc diffusion method and the MIC was determined. Prelimina...

The aerial parts of Artemisia vulgaris were subjected for successive extraction in solvents methanol, hexane and chloroform, respectively, compounds present extract analysed by GC-MS analysis 12 different found chloroform which Germacrene was most abundantly (33.84%). Chloroform showed strong antibacterial activity, examined against 6 bacteria using the disc diffusion method. IC50 value accounted...

The extracts of the dried leaves of Anacardium occidentale  were screened for anti-inflammatory activity using carrageenan induced rat paw edema model. The petroleum ether and chloroform extract and acetone soluble fraction of methanolic extract showed 57.14%, 47.61% and 61.90% inhibition of paw edema respectively. Acetone soluble extract showed better activity than petroleum either and chlorof...

The Anthelmintic activity of petroleum ether, methanol and chloroform extract of rhizomes of Nymphaea rubra Linn were evaluated separately and the activities were compared with that of Albendazole. The petroleum ether, ethanol and chloroform extract exhibited dose dependent activity. The ethanolic extract showed remarkable Anthelmintic activity.

In the form of biofilms, bacteria exhibit more resistance to antibiotics. Biofilm formers can withstand severe conditions and the host's defense system. Therefore, it is necessary to search for effective biofilm inhibitors. In this study, we investigated the effect of a chloroform extract of turmeric on biofilm formation against antibiotic resistant bacteria. The extract exhibited its antibiofi...

Background: Polygonum bistorta has been used as a remedy for jaundice, smallpox, pimples, measles, cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, expelling worms, insect stings and snakebites. In this study, the crude extract from P. bistorta and two fractions viz. hexane and chloroform obtained from the crude extract were studied for their median lethal dosages (LD50) in Swiss albino mice. Methods: Powdered ...

The study was carried out to evaluate the anti-diabetes activity of ethanol extract of Centella asiatica (L.) Urban in streptozotocin diabetic rats, to determine the acute and subacute toxicity of the extract in mice and to isolate most active anti-hyperglyceamic fraction of ethanol extract. Diabetes was induced in male Wistar rats by streptozotocin (50mg/kg) injection and anti-diabetes efficac...