SURYAKANT B. KENGAR , ATUL R. CHOPADE2 AND GANESH H. WADKAR
Abstract
Numbers of studies have confirmed the medicinal uses of Phyllanthus amarus mentioned in traditional medicine. While effects of Phyllanthus amarus extracts on some bacteria and Brine shrimp lethality using their different concentrations have not been previously reported. Present study shows that the standardized aqueous and methanolic extract of Phyllanthus amarus exhibited antibacterial and cytotoxic activity. The findings of present work provide promise for the development of new molecules of treat microbial infections and cancer.