Abstract
In the present study, the antimicrobial, antioxidant and anthelmintic activities of the plant Buxus papillosa C.K. Schneid. were evaluated. The crude extracts of powdered plant material were taken in a series of polar and nonpolar solvents, petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol and distilled water. The plant was found potent against pathogenic microbes, i.e. Staphylococcus aureus, Staphyllococcus saprophyticus, Escherchia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aspergillus parasiticus and Rhizopus oryzae, because well-defined zones of inhibition were recorded. The antioxidant activity of all the plant extracts was studied by DPPH Assay, total antioxidant assay and total phenolic assay and the remarkable values comparable with the standard antioxidants (BHT and α Tocopherol) were recorded. For the determination of anthelmintic activity standard Levamisole was run against Haemonchus contortus worms and compared with all the extracts.
