Evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy of some medici nal plants
Abstract
Medicinal
plants are finding use as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmetics and food supplements.
Even as traditional source of medicines and
they continue to play pivotal rule. Ethanolic extract of three medicinal plants
viz., Acalypha indica, Ricinus communis andEuphorbia hirtawere evaluated for
there therapeutic potential as antimicrobial agent against six standard
organisms 3 bacteria (Klebsiela pneumoniae, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa)
and 3 fungi (Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium oxysporium, Penicillium chrysogenum)
by using Filter Paper Disc Method. Antimicrobial efficacy of callus cultures of
E. hirtawith inhibition zone of 16 mm was found to highest against F.
oxysporium(Fungus) and in A. indica with inhibition zone of 27 mm was found to
maximum against K. pneumoniae(Bacteria). Contrary, in in vivoanalysis of
antimicrobial efficacy of A. indicawith inhibition zone of 15 mm were found to
highest against P. chrysogenum(Fungus) and E. hirtawith inhibition zone of 25 mm
was found to highest againstK. pneumoniae(Bacteria).

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