Abstract
Oldenlandia auricularia, (Rubiaceae) is a herb locally seen in kerala, which is traditionally used for the treatment of many diseases, but not yet evaluated this plant, medicinal activities through various research and studies. In view of its related species research activities in mind, our research work focused on this herb Oldenlandia auricularia to reveal its medicinal use. As we know that nowadays bacterial, viral, parasitic infections, various inflammations leads to several changes in the cell and induces free radical formations which causes a number of alterations, gene mutations and gene modifications, leads to disruption of cellular processes which may contributes to several diseases particularly cancer in the world. The investigation on this plant focused on its invitro studies, showed the inhibition of free radical scavenging activity, antibacterial effect by disc diffusion method, anti-inflammatory process by a dose dependent decrease in the protein denaturation and proved its anticancer activity by MTT assay.
