Studies on the anti-bacterial and anti-fungal activities of plant safed musli (Chlorophytum Borivilianum)

Chlorophytum borivilianum family Liliaceae is a traditional rare Indian medicinal herb widely used in the treatment of many clinical conditions in India. It is an important drug commonly known as 'Safed Musli'. It has many therapeutic applications in Ayurvedic, Unani, Homeopathicand Allopathic system of medicine. In the Ayurvedic literature, Safed Musli is celebrated as a Divya Aushad with unparalleled medicinal properties. Chlorophytum borivilianum is widely cultivated throughout India. Major antibacterial and antifungal activies reported from the roots of C. borivilianum include mainly antibacterial activies of E.fecalis cold, E. fecalis ethanolic and E.coli methanolic and antifungal activies of A. fumigatus methanolic, A .fumigatus ethanolic and C. albicans cold, C. albicans methanolic, C.albicans ethanolic In this paper, an attempt has been made to explore various dimensions of the drug including antibacterial and antifungal activies studies carried out on this drug.