title: Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Bergenia ciliata.
abstract: Bergenia ciliata was subjected to antibacterial analysis. A battery of assays were performed on different extracts of Bergenia ciliata for antibacterial activities. Antibacterial effects of ethanol, hexane, ethyl acetate, chloroform, butanol and aqueous extracts of the roots and leaves extract of Bergenia ciliata exhibited various degree of inhibition activity. It was observed that root and leaves extract were promising against gram positive and gram negative bacteria viz. Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus megaterium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This study showed that Bergenia ciliata could inhibit selectively bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.lastname: Mazhar-ul-Islam
authors.forename: Iqbal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Azhar
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mazhar
authors.forename: Khan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Usmanghani
authors.forename: Afzal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Muhammad Aslam
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.lastname: Shahab-ud-Din