Babu Giriya Gowda, Vishwanatha T, Pavani Thimmegowda, Bhavya Rangaswamy and Sharangouda J Patil

Costus pictus, an important traditional medicinal plant is exploited for treating several diseases. The present study intends to reveal the presence of phytochemicals and test some biological activities of Costus pictus leaf extracts. The methodology includes identification and collection of Costus pictus leaves, preparation of leaf powder, extracted by Soxhlet extraction method, preliminary phytochemical screening and determination of antidiabatic and antimicrobial activities on ethanol extract of leaves. Results revealed the presence of more active metabolites in the ethanol plant extract of Costus pictus leaves which may be the reason for the promising anti-diabatic, antibacterial and antifungal potential against the microbial strains. Its constituents are of utmost interest to pharmaceutical industries owing to their many actions and biological activities.

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