Phyto-Chemical and Anti-Bacterial Screening of Musabbar Prepared from Aloe Vera

Abstract

A quality musabbar has been prepared from the processed leaves juice of Aloe vera by a technology developed in BCSIR Laboratories, Rajshahi. The product, musabbar was successively extracted with different solvents on the basis of increasing polarity e.g. n-hexane, ethyl acetate, methanol and water at room temperature. The extracts were studied for their bioactivity against 12 pathogenic bacteria and found most of them highly active. The MIC values of the extracts were also determined. The bioassay indicates cytotoxicity as well as a wide range of pharmacological activities of musabbar.