Goniothalamus sesquipedalis plant extract used to assess its antimicrobial and antioxidant activity. Extract was made by soaking the dried plant powder in ethanol. After comparing with the standard Ciprofloxacin we found that Ethanol extract of sample gave the activity against all the experimented microbes of ZI (zone of inhibition) against E. coli and B.subtillis. After performing the DPPH assay of plant extract of sample plant we saw that it has a good ability of inhibiting free radicals.
Nafisa Nawar, Tahsina Auni, Faizul Alam, Fahad Rahman, Utsha Chakma, Maksuda Akter. Study of antioxident and antimicrobial activity of Goniothalamus sesquipedalis in ethanol extract. J Med Plants Stud 2019;7(3):78-81.