ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF MIMOSA PUDICA EXTRACTS AGAINST SELECTIVE PATHOGENIC MICROBES
Jagessar R.*, C. Erskine K. and Oladimeji V.
ABSTRACT
The antimicrobial properties of Mimosa pudica against human pathogens: E. coli, S. aureus, C. albicans and V. cholera was investigated by the disc diffusion assay, using three different concentrations, under asceptic conditions. The highest AZOI of 132.7 mm2 was induced by the ethanolic extract against E.coli. Negligible zone of inhibition was induced by the hexane extracts against S .aureus, C. albicans. The order of potency of extract, against the human pathogens was solvent dependent. For example, the ethanolic
extract, induced an AZOI of 86.55 mm2 against S.aureus, whereas the ethanolic extract at a concentration of 0.42g/ml, induced AZOI of 117.8 mm2. The significant zone of inhibition induced by the ethanolic extract.
Keywords: Mimosa pudica, human pathogens, AZOI, asceptic conditions.
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