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Pierre, a medicinal plant traditionally used in Indian ethnomedicine, was evaluated for its antidiarrheal, antibacterial, and antioxidant properties through a combination of\n                    <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>in silico<\/jats:italic>\n                    approaches. This study aims to study the traditional use of plants in medicine and identify a suitable secondary metabolite that can help reduce bacterial growth in living systems, thereby lowering the risk of waterborne diseases and diarrhea. Screening of\n                    <jats:italic>P. pinnata<\/jats:italic>\n                    leaf extract confirmed the presence of various bioactive classes, including alkaloids, flavonoids, etc., and that it also had strong antioxidant activity.\n                    <jats:italic>In vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                    antibacterial assays revealed that the plant extract effectively inhibited multiple waterborne pathogens, particularly\n                    <jats:italic>Shigella dysenteriae<\/jats:italic>\n                    Castellani and Chalmers, 1919, and\n                    <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                    studies also showed significant dose-dependent antidiarrheal effects. Acute oral toxicity tests at high doses confirmed the extract\u2019s safety, with no adverse effects on body weight, behavior, or vital organs. GC\u2013MS analysis revealed various secondary metabolites with N-decanoic acid as the most abundant in the plant extract. Notably, 1,2,5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-3-O-methanesulfonyl glucofuranose and spiro{2,4}heptane derivatives exhibited stronger binding affinities than the standard drug ampicillin in molecular docking studies with penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs). These findings suggest that\n                    <jats:italic>P. pinnata<\/jats:italic>\n                    harbors potent metabolites with significant antidiarrheal and antibacterial activity, offering promise for the development of plant-based therapeutics against waterborne bacterial pathogens. 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