"PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT SOLVENT EXTRACTS OF Berberis lycium FRUITS"

Plants are biosynthetic laboratories for many useful compounds those are playing important role in human health. Ingredients of some medicinal plants are very much effective against bacterial and fungal growth and can be used to minimize their activities. The present work was carried out to study the antimicrobial activity of the aqueous, ethanolic, Dimethyl formamide, propanol-2 and n-hexane extracts of the root, fruit and flower of Berberis lycium belonging to the family of Berberidaceae, against different strains of bacteria and fungi.A study was conducted to assess the possible affects of Berberis lycium against the selected 5 bacteria and 3 fungi.The study revealed that the fruit extract possessed a good antifungal property in comparison to the other extract of the plant and this can be used in the further study for future in medicines.