Abstract

*Sunil Kumar and Vinai Kumar

ABSTRACT

Chlorophytum borivilianum is an important medicinal plant knows as 'Safed musli' and is used in herbal drug industries. In the present investigation the extracts obtained from tubers of C. borivilianum were used to evaluate in-vitro antibacterial activities against three bacterial strains i.e. Bacillus licheniformis, Micrococcus and Paenibacillus. Glacial acetic acid, petroleum ether, methanol and water were used as solvent to prepare tuber extract. The antibacterial activity of tuber extract for the micrococcus sensitivity was observed as 6, 15, 18 and 12mm zone of inhibition at 50 mg/ml conc. of water, methanol, glacial acetic acid and petroleum ether respectively. The most effective conc. for the antibacterial activity of tuber extract was 50 mg/ml conc. of glacial acetic acid.