Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Review Article

Ethnopharmacological Use and Biological Activities of Tragia involucrata L.

Table 4

Summarized findings of antibacterial studies carried out on Tragia involucrata.
Type of extractBacterial typeReference
Gram (+)Gram (−)
S.A.V.C.P.M.P.A.V.D.K.P.B.P.E.C.P.V.S.M.
Isolated compounds from TI leaves+NTNTNTNTNTNT++NT[69]
Ethyl acetate extract of root+NTNTNTNTNTNT+NTNT[70]
Methanolic leaf extract+NTNT−+++NTNTNT[73],[74]
Acetone leaf extractNTNTNTNTNTNTNT+NTNT[60]
Acetone root extract−NTNT+NT+NT+NT+[75]
Acetone and methanol leaf extract+NT−−NT−NT+NT+[76]
Ethanol leaf extract+NT+−NT−NT+NT+[76]
Chloroform stem and ethanol leaf extractNTNT++NTNTNTNTNTNT[63]
Silver nanoparticles synthesized from TI stem+NTNTNTNTNTNT+NTNT[77]
S.A., Staphylococcus aureus; V.C., Vibrio cholera; P.M., Proteus mirabilis; P.A., Pseudomonas aeruginosa; V.D., Vibrio damsel; K.P., Klebsiella pneumonia; B.P., Burkholderia pseudomallei; E.C., Escherichia coli; P.V., Proteus vulgaris; S.M., Serratia marcescens. NT, not tested. (+), activity present. (−), activity absent. ,Relevant references.