ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIALITY OF HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA LEAVES
Baskar Ananda Raj V*, Murugamani V, Karthick D, Janet Beula S, Suresh Kumar S, Senthil Kumar Kl
ABSTRACT
In the present work an attempt has been made to carry out screening for the preliminary antibacterial activity of plants used in Indian folk medicine. The aim of the study was to select an active plant extract which may be useful in developing new lead compounds to combat deadly diseases. The antibacterial activity was done by agar diffusion method against four bacterial strains, viz., gram positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis, Staphylacoccus aureus, gram negative bacteria Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The plant Plumbago zeylanica leaves was extracted with hydro alcohol by hot decoction method, were active against gram-positive bacteria than gram-negative bacteria and the experiment revealed the potency of the hydroalcohol extract.
Keywords: Antimicrobial, Plumbago zeylanica, minimum inhibitory concentration, hydroalcoholic extract.
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