Antibacterial Activity of Aristolochia Bracteolata Lam

The present study was subjected to evaluate the antibacterial activity of the aqueous leaf and aqueous ischolar_main extract of the medicinal plant Aristolochia bracteolata using the standard disc diffusion method against four bacterial species, viz., Klepsiella pneumonia, Staphylococcus aereus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas flavus strains. The antibacterial activity revealed that the ischolar_main extract has more effective than the leaf extracts.  Staphylococcus aureus was the most sensitive organism among the tested organism. A preliminary phytochemical screening was conducted on the plant extracts using standard qualitative procedures that revealed the presence of the secondary metabolites, alkaloids, saponins, phenols, flavonoid and tannin in rich status.