摘要：The ethnobotanical important wild medicinal plant Glycyrrhiza glabra (linn) was evaluated to determine various phytochemical constituents, antioxidant activity, elemental composition and antibacterial activity. The stem, roots and leaves were screened to obtained crude methanol (MeOH), chloroform (CHCh), ethyl acetate (EtOAc), n-butanol (BtOH) and aqueous (AQ) fractions. Results of phytochemical analysis divulged the presence of promising amount of total phenolic (159.56 mg GAE 100 g"1), total tannins (95.42 mg GAE 100 g-1), total fla- vonoids content (94.96 mg QE 100 g"1) in MeOH extract of root and leaves while lowest value was observed in CHCl3 fraction of stem (57.76 mg GAE 100 g-1), leaves (46.73 mg GAE 100 g-1) and root (44.60 mg QE 100 g-1). Remarkable antioxidant potential was observed in MeOH extract (80.58%) of root and trivial amount was found in CHCl3 fraction (56.77%) of leaves. Micro-minerals analysis reveals that lead (0.291 mg Kg-1), cadmium (0.780 mg Kg1), chromium (0.172 mg Kg-1) and cobalt was found maximum in root parts whereas iron (414.0 mg Kg- 1), zinc (68.33 mg Kg-1) and copper (60.33 mg Kg-1) was recorded in leaves. The antibacterial activity determine by well diffusion method divulges that all the extracts shows notable inhibitory activity against Proteus mirabilis, Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
