PERSPECTIVE PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF LEUCAS ASPERA: AN INDIGENOUS PLANT SPECIES

2016-10-16T06-25-49Z
Source: Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Suganthi Nagarasan, M. Boominathan*.
The leaves of Leucas aspera which was belonging to the family Lamiaceae has distributed throughout the South Asia. It was used traditionally as insecticide and antipyretic. It has various pharmacological activities such as antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activities. This species has some phytochemicals such as hydroxytetratriacontan-4- one, aliphatic ketones, nicotine, farnesene, thujene, and menthol. In the present study we clearly investicate the invitro activity of Leucas aspera against bacteria, fungi and oxidative stress. Our research reveals that the alcoholic extracts shows maximum inhibitory effect against various bacteria and fungi. In addition to that we proved that these extracts also has antioxidant activity.


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