Gardenia Uliginosa Case Study

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PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTI BACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF STEM OF GARDENIA ULIGINOSA G. Sandhyarani1*, K. Praveen Kumar2 Post doctoral fellow .ucpsc,Kakatiya university,Hanamkonda, Corresponding Author: sandhyaguggilla9@gmail.com Ph no.8897474898 ABSTRACT Gardenia uliginosa is a potent medicinal plant in the Indian system of medicine.Traditionally it is used as the treatment of various diseases and disorder of human.In the present study the aquous ,ethnolic,chloroform and petroleum ether extract of the Gardenia uliginosa were studied for their Anti bacterial activity againstCandida albicans.It was observed that the ethnolic extract and petroleum ether extract showed significant activity whare as aquoes extractshowed very less activity did not showed any activity against the tested fungal strain. Key words: Gardenia uliginosa,Phytochemical,screening,antifungul INTRODUCTION Medicinal plants have always been the principle source of medicine in India since ancient time and presently they are becoming popular throughout the developed countries. They also play an important role in the life of tribal and rural people, particularly in remote part of developing countries. Obviously, these plants help in alleviating human suffering. These plants are being integrated to the field of foods as additives, beverages and cosmetic Gardenia uliginosa, belong to the family Rubiaceae. It is a small shrub, which grows upto 1-2 m and it is used widely in our Traditional System of Medicine

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