In Vitro Antimicrobial and Haemolytic Studies of Bambusa arundinaceae leaves.
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2013-04
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Bambusa arundinacea locally known as Bans or bamboo, a perennial fastest growing plant. This plant is
medicinally much famous. The biological activities of this plant were carried out by using standard procedures.
The aim of this work was to investigate the in vitro antimicrobial and haemolytic activities of Bambusa
arundinaceae leaves. The GC-MS analysis revealed that the major components determined in n-hexane extract
were as n-Nonane (17.14%), 2,2,3-Trimethylbutane (5.85%), Tridecane (5.42%), and 3,4,5,6-Tetramethyloctane
(5.32%). The disc diffusion and modified resazurin microtitre-plate assays were used to evaluate the inhibition
zones (IZ) and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of B. arundinaceae leaves extracts. The plant extracts
showed considerable antimicrobial activity. The heamolytic activity against human blood erythrocytes (RBCs)
was studied and the % lysis of RBCs was found to be in the range of 1.03 to 4.81. The results of the present study
confirmed the considerable antimicrobial and haemolytic activities of the plant Bambusa arundinaceae.
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Bambusa arundinaceae, antimicrobial activity, resazurin, leaves, minimum inhibitory concentration
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Zubair Muhammad, Bibi Zahida, Rizwan Komal, Rasool Nasir, Zahoor Ameer Fawad, Riaz Muhammad. In Vitro Antimicrobial and Haemolytic Studies of Bambusa arundinaceae leaves. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2013 Apr; 3(4): 111-115.