Invitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of acmella paniculata plant estracts.

The plant Acmella Paniculata commonly known as Akala Kara belonging to family of Asteraceae mainly found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. Annual herb grown upto 30 cm tall with pungent taste. All parts of this plant are being used to traditional medicine to treat various diseases. Pet ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts from whole plant of Acmella Paniculata Were investigated for their antioxidant and antimicrobial activities In case of antioxidant activity methanol extracts shows 96.66% of radical scavenging activity at 100μg/ ml. In case of antimicrobial activity chloroform extracts shows 30mm zone of inhibition against the Enterobactum aurogenosa. Methanol extracts shows 25 mm zone of inhibition.