Antibacterial activity of Mappia foetida leaves and stem
R Nandha Kumar1, H Vishwanathan, T Suresh
1Department of Chemistry, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 046, India.
Fitoterapia
|December 20, 2002
Abstract:
Successive petroleum ether, chloroform and methanol extracts of Mappia foetida leaves and stem were tested for their antibacterial activity. The methanol fractions were found to be most effective against all the tested organisms.
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