ANTIBACTERIAL AND PRELIMINARY CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY OF THE ROOTS OF VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES
Journal Title: Int J of Pharm Rev& Res - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Vetiveria zizanioides (Family- Germaine) is growing in the shallow water of a Lake or pond. The volatile oil isolated from the plant is used as perfume and as an insecticide. The aim of the present study was to investigate the antibacterial and cytotoxic activity of roots of Vetiveria zizanioides (Graminae). Preliminary studies in our laboratory indicated that the chloroform extract of the roots of Vetiveria zizanioides which was collected from Timbi Lake at Bakrol, Tal. Waghodiya, Dist. Baroda inhibited the growth of Streptococcus aureus using cup borer method on the solid agar media. The preliminary cytotoxic activity of crude extracts was observed by brine shrimp bioassay which showed significant cytotoxic action as compared to reference standard, Caffeine. We are further planning to work on the antioxidant activity using different in vitro models.
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Roshni Barad , Unnati Atodariya , Swati Bhatt , Siddhi Upadhyay , Umesh Upadhyay , Hiranjal Patel
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