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Caralluma lasiantha is used as a traditional medicine in India to heal body heat and inflammations. In order to find out a scientific validation for the Indian traditional knowledge, antibacterial activity of Caralluma lasiantha extracts was studied against inflammation causing bacteria (viz., Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus sp., Bacillus subtilis, Enterobacter aerogenes, Klebsiella pneumonia) along with other Grampositive and Gram-negative bacteria. Solvents with different polarity were used for extraction from dry roots and stems. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) were also studied. Differential antibacterial activity was exhibited by extracts and higher inhibition potential against Gram-positive bacteria was explained. The observed antibacterial activities were correlated with the chemical structures of phytochemicals present in Caralluma lasiantha. Anti-inflammation activities are related to Caralluma lasiantha extracts through their antibacterial activities.
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In order to find out a scientific validation for the Indian traditional knowledge, antibacterial activity of Caralluma lasiantha extracts was studied against inflammation causing bacteria
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The observed antibacterial activities were correlated with the chemical structures of phytochemicals present in Caralluma lasiantha. Anti-inflammation activities are related to Caralluma lasiantha extracts through their antibacterial activities.
Prof Ratnakaram Venkata Nadh
GITAM University
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This page is a summary of: Evaluation of in vitro antibacterial activity of Caralluma lasiantha for scientific validation of Indian traditional medicine, Cogent Chemistry, September 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1374821.
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