UNIQUE JOURNAL OF AYURVEDIC AND HERBAL MEDICINES Available online: www.ujconline.net Research Article ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY STUDIES OF LEAVES AND ROOTS OF SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM

Carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, ethanolic and hexane extracts of the root and leaves of Solanum xanthocarpum were evaluated separately for antimicrobial and antipyretic activities. All the extracts were tested against certain Gram positive and Gram negative organisms by well diffusion method. In the methodology, antimicrobial activity was observed for extracts against all the tested organisms. Anti-inflammatory activity of ethanolic and chloroform extract are maximum as well as antioxidant activity is maximum for ethanolic extract studied by DPPH Method