Gagabang (Gosing aka Senduduk)

The humble shrub or small tree grows well in KgIman Lomunu. We use to chew its young leaves and apply it to cuts and effectively stop the bleeding and natural healing begins immediately without infections.

Here is an abstract of a research paper done on it.

Abstract

Present piece of work was designed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of methanolic and acetone extract of M. malabathricum L. Methanolic and acetone extracts of leaves have been prepared and tested against test bacteria viz. Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus sp. and E. coli by disc diffusion method. The result showed significant zone of inhibition by both the extracts against all three test bacteria, which reflects the potentiality of methanolic and acetone extract of leaves of M. malabathricum as antimicrobial agent.

Key Words: Melastoma malabathricum, antimicrobial, methanolic extract, acetone extract Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus sp. E. coli.

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