• Saba Muzaffar
• Dr.Suhasini Bhatnagar
• Syed Badakhasann

Plants used for traditional medicine contain a wide range of chemical constituents which can be used to treat various infectious diseases. Bergenia ciliata plant is traditionally used for the treatment of various diseases. In far-flung areas of Kashmir, its leaves are useful in the treatment of kidney stones and wounds. Therefore, antibacterial activities of different extracts of Bergenia ciliata were studied against eight bacterial strains four gram positive, four gram negative and six fungal strains. Four Gram-positive bacteria were Panebacillus polymyxa MTCC 122, Bacillus subtilis NCIM 5251, Staphylococcus aureus NCIM 2492 and Lactobacillus brevis MTCC 1750 ; four Gram-negative Serratia marcescens NCIM 5246,Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCIM 2037,Escherichia coli NCIM 2109,Enterobacter aerogenes NCIM 5139.The activity was performed using four solvents viz,. ethanol, methanol, acetone and water. Among all extracts, the ethanol extract of leaf showed significant activity in bacteria except Staphylococcus aureus.This activity of ethanol extract might be due to bioactive compounds present in this plant as well as maximum solubility of these compounds in it.

Bergenia, traditional, infectious,extract,solubility

"EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF BERGENIA CILIATA PLANT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no.612-622, February-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002299.pdf

"EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF BERGENIA CILIATA PLANT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no. pp612-622, February-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002299.pdf