Fitoterapia. 2002 Apr; 73(2): 168-70.

Antimicrobial activity of Eupatorium ayapana.

Gupta M, Mazumder UK, Chaudhuri I, Chaudhuri RK, Bose P, Bhattacharya S, Manikandan L, Patra S.

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Division of Pharmacology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, India. [email protected]

Petroleum ether and methanolic extracts of leaves of Eupatorium ayapana were tested for their antimicrobial activity. The petroleum ether extract showed higher antibacterial and antifungal activity than the methanolic extract.