Green synthesis, Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles and Antimicrobial Activity using <i>Rauvolfia tetraphylla</i> L.

Rauvolfia tetraphylla L is one among the traditional plants that has more therapeutic effects and numerous beneficial components, few of them were majorly used as a medicine for snake bites. This medicinal plant has immense pharmacological properties that could aid in formulating a drug for treating diseases. This was the major motivation for the study on Rauvolfia tetraphylla. The collected fresh samples were washed and shade dried for a week, then made into fine powder and ethyl acetate based crude extract was produced. The phytochemical and functional group were analysed, protein estimation was done by Lowry's method. Further anti-oxidant properties were detected by DPPH. Disk diffusion method was used to measure its antibacterial activity.