ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF THE LEAVES OF TURNERA ULMIFOLIA LINN.
AbstractTurnera ulmifolia Linn. belonging to family Turneraceae was investigated to evaluate in-vitro antibacterial activity of ethanol extract of the leaves against gram negative bacteria such as Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. The pathogens were tested by disc diffusion assay method and minimum inhibitory concentration was evaluated. An attempt has been made to compare the activity of extract with standard ciprofloxin. The pathogens were used in the study was showed potential activity of the ethanolic extract of the plant. Maximum activity was seen in case of Pseudomonas fluorescens where the zone diameter was 32 mm (300μg/ml).
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224-226
592KB
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English
IJPSR
Poonam Sethi and D. Ramasamy*
Research Assistant (Chemistry), Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Chennai -600 013, Tamil Nadu, India
15 September, 2011
30 October, 2011
27 December, 2011
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.3(1).224-26
1-January-2012