ANTIBACTERIAL INVESTIGATION OF SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM

In Ayurveda Solanum xanthocarpum (Famiily : Solanaceae) is known as Kantkari. For the human health care this plant is totally medicinally contributed. In Ayurvedic text Solanum xanthocarpum is found very active and beneficial medicinal plant as antifirtility, antipyretic, anticancer, antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, antihistemic, hypoglycomic, antibacterial, antioxidant properties. The present work study revealed and signified the antibacterial investigations of the crude extract obtained from the roots of Solanum xanthocarpum using the different solvants i.e. ethanol, chloroform, water and acetone and the effect of the different extracts were tested on Gram positive bacteria i.e. staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Gram negative bacteria e.g. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli by the agar well diffusion method. Although several points like antiinflammatory, antianaphylactic, immunomodulation, antiallergic and antitumor effects of the roots are still remained to be validated scientifically, yet for the vivid bacterial infections the present study work supports scientifically the usage of the roots of the plant as a very eminent remedy.