BIOACTIVIIES OF SCORZONERA PARADOXAFISCH & C.A. MEY. A MEDICINAL PLANT OF PUNJGUR, BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN

[...]oleic arachidonic acid was found abundant in leaves while roots contain higher amount of stearic and linoleic acid (Nasseri et al., 2014). [...]there was a need to check its efficacy as antibacterial, antifungal, anti-leishmanial and DPPH activity. [...]the dried plant parts were ground with the help of electric grinder and was soaked in methanol for 20 days. Mild toxicity was shown at very high concentration i.e. 500qg/ml (Table 3). [...]S. paradoxa being non toxic is safely recommended as food as compare to other medicinal plants commonly used have high phytotoxicity such as Teucrium stocksianum, Chenopodium botrys (Rauf et al., 2017). No activity was shown against all pests tested. [...]it is concluded that S. paradoxa is a safe plant that can be used as vegetable it is also effective bacterial infections caused by Salmolnella typhi.