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ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES OF AN ETHNOBOTANICALLY IMPORTANT PLANT SAUROMATUM VENOSUM (Ait.) SCHOTT. OF DISTRICT KOTLI, AZAD JAMMU & KASHMIR

MUHAMMAD AJAIB¹, ZAHEER-UD-DIN KHAN¹, NASRULLAH KHAN³ MUHAMMAD ATHAR ABBASI², DURRE SHAHWAR², MUHAMMAD WAHAB³ AND MUHAMMAD FAHEEM SADDIQUI³

Abstract: In order to verify the ethnopharmacological effects of local plant, Sauromatum venosum (Ait.) Schott., on scientific lines the antibacterial activity including MIC and antioxidant activity of the crude extracts of its fruits were tested against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria using well diffusion method and 2, 2^-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity test. The results indicated a reasonable antibacterial potential and significant total antioxidant activity, thus supporting its traditional medicinal practices.

¹Department of Botany, GC University Lahore, Pakistan

²Department of Chemistry, GC University Lahore, Pakistan

³Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University, Karachi Pakistan

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