Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Alcoholic and Aqueous Extracts of Five Plants used in Traditional Medicine in North India
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The alcoholic and aqueous extracts of five medicinal plants (Cassia fistula, Albizia lebbeck, Cassia occidentalis , Sphaeranthus indicus and Vitex nigundo) collected from Uttarakhand, North India; were evaluated for antibacterial activity by Agar diffusion method against medically important bacteria viz. B. subtilis, K. pneumonia, E. coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, S. auresus, P. mirabilis .The alcoholic extracts showed some degree of antibacterial activity as compare to aqueous extracts. Kanamycin was used as standard drug for antibacterial activity. Out of five plant extracts, alcoholic extract of Sphaeranthus indicus showed the best antibacterial activity.
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