Comparative pharmacological study of Aerial parts and roots of ethanolic extract of Hibiscus micra thus Linn

Rekha Tripathi

Department of Applied Sciences, Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

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Rekha Tripathi, 2017. Comparative pharmacological study of Aerial parts and roots of ethanolic extract of Hibiscus micra thus Linn. Journal of medical pharmaceutical and allied sciences, V 6- I 1, Pages -454 – 455. Doi: https://doi.org/10.55522/jmpas.V6I1.0121.

ABSTRACT

The present study deals with bioactivity studies of ethanolic extract of aerial parts and roots of H. micranthus Linn. (Family: Malvaceae). The ethanolic extracts (aerial parts and roots) were examined for antimicrobial studies by using Disc diffusion method, antiviral efficacy was undertaken by using plaque inhibition method and antineoplastic activity was tested by using Sarcoma 180A0 as the test system. The data of present study suggested that H. micrathus extract showed significant antifungal and antitumor activity.

Keywords:

H. micranthus, Aerial parts, Roots, Ethanolic extract, Pharmacological studies

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