ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF MEDICINAL PLANT EXTRACTS

KIRANJOT KAUR¹*
¹UIAS, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, 140413, Punjab, India
* Corresponding Author : kaur.kiranjot92@gmail.com

Received : 15-01-2019     Accepted : 12-02-2019     Published : 28-02-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 2       Pages : 1480 - 1483
Int J Microbiol Res 11.2 (2019):1480-1483

Keywords : Medicinal plants, Antimicrobial activity, Phytochemicals
Academic Editor : Jagjeet Singh, P.T. Dudhrejiya, Dr Surabhi Sharma
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author is thankful to UIAS, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, 140413, Punjab, India
Author Contribution : Sole Author

Antimicrobial agents are mostly found in medicinal plants. Most population in the developing countries use plant-derived medicine. Plants are rich in a variety of phytochemicals including tannins, terpenoids, alkaloids, and flavonoids which have been found in vitro to have antimicrobial properties against the pathogens and are used for the formation of drugs and traditionally to cure the various diseases. Medicinal plants are the important substances for the study of their traditional uses through the verification of pharmacological effects and can be natural composite sources that act as new anti-infectious agents. Some plants have been reported for their antimicrobial activity from around the world. The present study investigated the antimicrobial activity of ethanol, methanol and aqueous extract of Calotropis procera, Eichhornia crassipes, and Datura innoxia plants are determined on four bacteria’s i.e. Escherichia coli (MTCC-40), Staphylococcus epidermis (MTCC-435), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MTCC- 424), and Bacillus subtilius (MTCC- 736) by using well diffusion method.

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