@article{Saleem_Karim_Qadir_Ahmed_Rafiq_Ahmad_2014, title={In vitro antibacterial activity and phytochemical analysis of hexane extract of Vicia sativa}, volume={9}, url={https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJP/article/view/17859}, DOI={10.3329/bjp.v9i2.17859}, abstractNote={<p><em>Vicia sativa</em> is traditionally used medicinal plant in skin infections, asthma, bronchitis, urinary diseases and also used as antiseptic, anti-poison, aphrodisiac, anti rheumatic and antipyretic. In the present study n-hexane extract of <em>V. sativa</em> was evaluated for the antibacterial activity against pathogenic bacteria <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>, <em>Bacillus atrophaeus</em>, <em>Escherichia coli</em> and <em>S. epidermidis</em> by disc diffusion method. Minimum inhibitory concentration of the n-hexane extract against all bacteria was determined by broth dilution method. Preliminary phytochemical analysis and HPLC analysis showed the presence of a number of bioactive constituents which exhibits antibacterial activity. So the current study showed that <em>V. sativa</em> possesses the significant antibacterial activity.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology}, author={Saleem, Mohammad and Karim, Mahrukh and Qadir, Muhammad Imran and Ahmed, Bilal and Rafiq, Maria and Ahmad, Bashir}, year={2014}, month={Apr.}, pages={189–193} }