ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF BASELLA ALBA FRUIT
AbstractThe antimicrobial activity of the extracts Basella alba fruit were evaluated by measuring the zones of inhibition using Agar well Diffusion method against eight species of microorganisms: Bacillus subtilus, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lactobacillus, Klubsiella, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus fumigatus. The extract showed significant antibacterial activity against Lactobacillus and antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigates, no activity was found against Klebsiella and moderate activity was observed for all other tested organism. The minimum inhibitory concentration of the extract against bacterial strains was found to be 25mg/ml for Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lactobacillus, Escherichia coli, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus fumigates and 50mg/ml for Klebsiella pneumonia. The overall result of this study indicates that the extract from Basella alba fruit have interesting antimicrobial property and thus provide justification for the use of the plants in folk medicine to treat various infectious diseases
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S. K. Reshmi, K. M. Aravinthan and P. Suganya Devi*
Research Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Mahalingam Centre for Research and Development, N.G.M. College, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, India
suganyabiotech@yahoo.com
07 August, 2012
10 November, 2012
24 November, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.3(12).4757-61
01 December, 2012
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