Ethno-botanical Study of Medicinal Plants from Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh: Methanolic Extracts of Four Species and their Antimicrobial, Anti-inflammatory and Toxicity Properties

Abstract

The traditional usage of Plumbago zeylanica L, Cassia alata L, Caesalpinia crista L, and Rubia Cordifolia L in the villages of Vidisha district in Madhya Pradesh, India, has sparked research into the plants phytochemical makeup and a range of possible medicinal benefits. This research is the first to describe the phytochemical makeup and powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of PZ stem. The PZ stem and CA fruit methanolic extracts had the greatest levels of phenolic, flavonoid, and flavonol compounds and had a robust antioxidant capacity for scavenging DPPH and hydrogen peroxide with regard to A. flavus, A. baumannii,, A. fumigatus, S. aureus, K. pneumonia, and R. oryzae, the antibacterial and antifungal activity of the chosen plant extracts were strongest for PZ, CA, and CA T. terrestris leaf.