Antimicrobial activity of Ixora coccinea leaves

Pharmacological screening of methanolic extract of Ixora species

“…Our antimicrobial activity result was comparable with study done by Annapurana et al and Latha et al [10,11] but they only used Ixora coccinea species against bacteria and yeast cell. Annapurana et al [10] tested the ether and methanol extracts of Ixora cocciniea leaves for antimicrobial activity.…”

“…Annapurana et al [10] tested the ether and methanol extracts of Ixora cocciniea leaves for antimicrobial activity. They reported that all the extract tested showed antimicrobial activity against the entire test organisms including E. coli, P. aeruginosa, S. aureus and B. subtilis.…”

Antioxidant activity and total phenolic content of methanol extracts ofIxora coccinea

“…Studies on this plant have revealed the presence of anthocyanins from flowers, methyl ester of palmitic, stearic, oleic, and linoleic acids in the root oil, octadecadienoic acid from the root bark (Chopra et al, 1956) and saponins and tannins (Grainge & Ahmed, 1988). Phytochemical screening showed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, sapogenins, sterols, terpenes, and phenols (Annapurna et al, 2003). The various phenolic compounds present in I. coccinea contribute to its many pharmacological effects.…”

“…Latha and Panikkar (1998) revealed in a study that the flowers of I. coccinea had cytotoxic and antitumor activity in mice. A previous study by Annapurna et al (2003) revealed that the leaves of I. coccinea exhibited antimicrobial activity which was comparable to streptomycin, a standard antibiotic. It was also found that the aqueous extract of I. coccinea showed antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects in mice (Ratnasooriya et al, 2005a(Ratnasooriya et al, , 2005b.…”

Efficacy of Ixora Coccinea Against Common Fish Pathogens

“…It is a common flowering shrub native to Asia 1,2 . Apart from their use as antiseptic, flowers of the plant are reported to possess medicinal values such as antihelmintic 3 , antiasthmatic 4 , astringent, sedative, stomachic, antidiarrhoeal, anti-inflammatory 5 , antibacterial and wound healing activities 6 . A large number of bacteria cause disease to plants, animals and humans.…”