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Turkish Journal of Biology

2007

Medicinal plants

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Screening Of Methanol And Acetone Extracts Of Fourteen Indian Medicinal Plants For Antimicrobial Activity, Yogeshkumar Vaghasiya, Sumitra Chanda Jan 2007

Screening Of Methanol And Acetone Extracts Of Fourteen Indian Medicinal Plants For Antimicrobial Activity, Yogeshkumar Vaghasiya, Sumitra Chanda

Turkish Journal of Biology

The methanol and acetone extracts of 14 plants belonging to different families were evaluated for antimicrobial activity against five Gram-positive bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Micrococcus flavus; seven Gram-negative bacteria: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella typhimurium, Citrobacter freundii; and three fungi: Candida tropicalis, Cryptococcus luteolus and Candida albicans. The in vitro antimicrobial activity was performed by agar disc diffusion method. The extractive yield was more in methanol than in acetone. The methanol extracts showed more antibacterial activity than acetone extracts. The most susceptible bacterium was K. pneumoniae and the most …


In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity And Phytochemical Analysis Of Some Indian Medicinal Plants, Jigna Parekh, Sumitra Chanda Jan 2007

In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity And Phytochemical Analysis Of Some Indian Medicinal Plants, Jigna Parekh, Sumitra Chanda

Turkish Journal of Biology

The antibacterial effect of some selected Indian medicinal plants was evaluated on bacterial strains like Bacillus cereus ATCC11778, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC25923, Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC13048, Escherichia coli ATCC25922 and Klebsiella pneumoniae NCIM2719. The solvents used for the extraction of plants were water and methanol. The in vitro antibacterial activity was performed by agar disc diffusion and agar well diffusion method. The most susceptible Gram-positive bacteria was B. cereus, while the most susceptible Gram-negative bacteria was K. pneumoniae. The extracts of Abrus precatorius, Cardiospermum halicacabum and Gmelina asiatica could not inhibit any of the bacterial strains investigated. The most active antibacterial plant …