Antimicrobial activity of ethno medicinal plants pooja, abhishek kumar, shruti dudeja, rohit chauhan, hemalata, sunena, vikas beniwal, vinod chhokar, anil kumar abstract medicinal plants have become part of complementary medicines worldwide and have been explored for centuries because of their potential health assistance. R eview a r ticle the journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases issn 16789199 2010 volume 16 issue 3 pages 4024. Effective treatment of a disease entails the development of new pharmaceuticals or some potential source of novel drugs. The phytochemical analysis showed presence of tannins by cumbens and p. An efficient micropropagation protocol was established for this plant through nodal segment culture as well as antimicrobial activity of the leaves was also evaluated. Present work deals with the antibacterial activity of the crude extract of thevetia peruviana. Therapeutical properties of medical plants are very useful in healing various diseases and the advantage of these medicinal plants are natural kalemba and kunicka, 2003.
Pdf antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants along kanyakumari. The middle east encompasses a wide spectrum of plant diversity with over 20,000 different species in habitats ranging from deserts to snowcapped mountains. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of the methanol extracts. It can be said that the extract and essential oil of some medicinal plants could be used as natural antimicrobial agents in food preservation. In conclusion, we found that the methanol extracts from the 8 medicinal plants leaf or root had significant antimicrobial activity, especially, gs, scr and apl which have the lowest mic 0. Pdf antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plant. Ethanol extracts exhibited a higher degree of antimicrobial activity as compared with water and hexane extracts fraction. Traditional healers claim that some medicinal plants are more efficient to.
A study of antimicrobial activity of few medicinal herbs parastoo karimi alavijeh, parisa karimi alavijeh and devindra sharma j. Crude extracts showed antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities, but compounds 1 and 2 showed only antimicrobial activity. Calculation was done using microsoft excel 2010 software. The present study was aimed at to investigate the antibacterial. The antibacterial activity of methanol extracts of five medicinal plants zone of. Antibacterial activities of five medicinal plants in ethiopia against. Ke zhao, petri penttinen, tongwei guan, jing xiao, qiang chen, jun xu, kristina lindstrom, lili zhang, xiaoping zhang, and gary a. Data were entered into microsoft excel, 2010, and were transformed using the. Evaluation of antibacterial activity of some traditionally.
In this study 5 different medicinal plants azadirachta indica. The present study has revealed significant results on antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants against cariogenic pathogens s. It is an important monocot medicinal plant of tropical and subtropical countries like india gomase et al, 2010. Sorrel hibiscus sabdariffa is widely used for the treatment of diseases. Evaluation of antibacterial activity of some medicinal. This in vitro study corroborated the antimicrobial activity of t.
The objective of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial activity of sorrel on escherichia coli o157. Aug 21, 2011 the use of medicinal plants as natural antimicrobial agents is gaining popularity. The screenings of these medicinal plants showed that some of the screened plants are potential source of antibacterial agents. Determination of antimicrobial activity of sorrel hibiscus. Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of selected indian. In this study, the antibacterial activity of ethanol extracts of moringa stenopetala, thymus serrulatus, and terminalia brownii were investigated against selected pathogenic gram positive and gram negative bacteria. Antimicrobial activity of crude extracts of endophytic. Medium resuspended lyophilized aqueous extracts of different organs of amazonian medicinal plants were assayed by in vitro screening for antimicrobial activity. Phytochemical screening of the plants showed the presence of at least tannins, phenols, flavonoids, and alkaloids, which are known antimicrobial phyto. Highest yield of extractable substances in the water extract 15. Pdf biomass production and antibacterial activity of.
The values of antimicrobial activity of the aqueous leaves extract of c. In vitro cytotoxic, antiprotozoal and antimicrobial. The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance, as well as the evolution of new strains of disease causing agents, are of great concern to the global health community. Pdf evaluation of antimicrobial activity of six medicinal plants. Research open access antimicrobial activity of amazonian. The oil of the seeds, petroleum ether and methanol extracts of the whole plant of cannabis sativa belonging to the family cannabinaceae were screened for their antimicrobial activity against two gram positive organisms bacillus subtilis, staphylococcus aureus, two gram negative organisms escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa and two fungi namely aspergillus niger and candida albicans. A study of antimicrobial activity of few medicinal herbs. Antimicrobial screening of selected medicinal plants from india. Antimicrobial activity of asparagus racemosus willd. Antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants against some selected human pathogenic bacteria selvamohan t. Antimicrobial activity of boiled ginger extract in soybean oil against foodborne pathogens 870 kamrul islam, asma afroz rowsni, md. Arts college, sivagangai 630 561, tamilnadu, india. In vitro cytotoxic, antiprotozoal and antimicrobial activities of medicinal plants from vanuatu gesine bradacs department of pharmaceutical biology, institute of pharmacy, university of regensburg, 93053 regensburg, germany.
In vitro antimicrobial activity of ten medicinal plants. The objectives of the study were to screen out selected medicinal plants of kohat for their antimicrobial activities. Issn 23203862 antimicrobial activity of ethnomedicinal. R eview a rticle the journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases issn 16789199 2010 volume 16 issue 3 pages 4024. H7 isolates from food, veterinary, and clinical samples. Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of selected. The antimicrobial activity recorded for the plant extracts validates their traditional uses to treat various respiratory infections and the chemical profiles provide a reference of the chemical profiles of the plant extracts that can be used in future investigations. Minimum inhibitory concentration mic determination. Antibacterial active compounds isolated from higher plants appear to be one of the most important alternative approaches to contain antibiotic resistance and the management of disease.
The aqueous extracts of currently utilized amazonian medicinal plants were assayed in vitro searching. Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of. Pdf medicinal plants and its antimicrobial properties. In vitro investigation of antimicrobial activities of. A wide range of medicinal plants extracts are used to treat several infections as they have potential antimicrobial activity.
Antimicrobial activity of five yemeni medicinal plants. Feb 16, 2007 the screenings of these medicinal plants showed that some of the screened plants are potential source of antibacterial agents. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing can be used for drug discovery, epidemiology and prediction of therapeutic outcome. Methods for in vitro evaluating antimicrobial activity. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants against human pathogenic bacteria 657 inflammatory properties of plants mahesh and satish, 2008. Ten plant extracts were analysed for their antimicrobial activities using the agar well diffusion and broth microdilution method. In vitro antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants. Review medicinal plants with antiarticle inflammatory activity. This figure represents roughly 10% of all vascular plant species in north america, and there is evidence that the choice of medicinal plants was nonrandom and closely linked to phylogenetic relationships. Medicinal plants that showed antimicrobial activity with the lowest minimum inhibition concentration have been promoted to phytochemical analysis, toxicity studies and. Pdf antimicrobial activity of medicinal plant leaf extracts. In a first study of ongoing research, endophytic bacteria were isolated from two medicinal plants, hypericum perforatum and ziziphora capitata with contrasting antimicrobial activities from the chatkal biosphere reserve of uzbekistan, and their plantspecific traits involved in biocontrol and.
Medicinal plants constitute natural source of antimicrobial drugs that will provide essential compounds to fight against disease. The diversity and antimicrobial activity of endophytic. Medicinal plants produce several antibacterial compounds. Internationa l journal of pharma sciences and research ijps r. Antibacterial activity is the most common type of antimicrobial activity reported for the acridone alkaloids, although a few cases of antifungal or antiviral activity have been reported. Although numerous studies have in the past, focused on antimicrobial activity of a. Antimicrobial activity of latex of calotropis gigantea against pathogenic microorganisms an in vitro study gaurav kumar, loganathan karthik and kokati venkat bhaskara rao molecular and microbiology research lab, environmental biotechnology division, school of bio science and technology, vit university, vellore632 014, tamil nadu, india. We aimed to find the in vitro antibacterial activity of ethanolic extracts of 16 different traditionally used medicinal plants of nepal against clinical and 2 reference bacterial. Materials and methods the antibacterial activity of medicinal plants was carried out against pathogenic bacterial strains in microbiology research laboratory, hazara university, mansehra, pakistan. The present study investigated the activity of three medicinal plants including bergenia ciliata, jasminum officinale, and santalum album against human pathogenic bacteria. The mic testing was performed for all the plant extracts that were judged as active inhibition zone 7 mm against at least one test organism by agarwell diffusion method.
The antimicrobial activity and minimum inhibitory concentration mic of various plant extracts in different solvents such as. Moreover, antimicrobial activity of different natural substances such as medicinal plant extract have been investigated against food borne bacteria. Antimicrobial activity of crude extracts of endophytic fungi. Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of selected indian folk medicinal plants. Results and discussion medicinal plants are being probed as an alternate source to get therapeutic compounds based on their medicinal properties. Hence, the present study is first systematic attempt to analyse the antibacterial and antifungal potential of these three species on selected bacterial and fungal strains. In addition to the antimicrobial action of plant extracts and essential oils, a synergism between conventional antimicrobial drugs and products obtained from medicinal plants has also been reported. Antibacterial activity of aqueous extract of calotropis. J venom anim toxins incl trop dis 2010 volume 16 issue 3. Satish 1department of studies in applied botany and biotechnology, university of mysore, manasagangotri, mysore570 006 2herbal drug technology laboratory, department of studies in microbiology. Various medicinal plants shows vast majority of antimicrobial activity. In vitro antimicrobial activity of three medicinal plants of.
Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants against human pathogenic. The third step has been conducting the screening of antimicrobial activities of essential oils and herbal extracts. In conclusion, the observed antimicrobial properties would tend to further validate the medicinal properties of these commonly used endemic medicinal and food plants of mauritius. Issn 23203862 antimicrobial activity of ethnomedicinal plants.
Antimicrobial activity of some important medicinal plant against plant and human pathogens 12b. This bias in selectivity may speak to the efficacy of. Antimicrobial activity of some important medicinal plant. Antimicrobial activity of northwestern mexican plants against. Frontiers antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants. Antibacterial activity of some medicinal plants against. These results support the vernacular medicinal use of the plant as an. Screening for antifungal activities of some medicinal plants. The extracts exhibited antibacterial activity at concentrations of 25 and 10 mgml with mbc of both extracts ranged between 3. Antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants. Pdf antimicrobial activity of essential oils extracted. Results the antimicrobial activity of the soybean extract of ginger varied depending on the bacterial species used.
Antibacterial activities of the extracts were first screened by agarwell diffusion method as described previously. Antimicrobial activity of amazonian medicinal plants europe. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants against human. To determine antibacterial activity of water, oil and methanol extracts of guava psidium guajava, green tea camellia sinensis, neem azadirachta indica and marigold calendula officinalis against different species of bacteria, pseudomonas spp. Medicinal plants that showed antimicrobial activity with the lowest minimum inhibition concentration have been promoted to phytochemical analysis, toxicity studies and topical clinical trials 18,23,24. Medicinal plants are known to harbor potential endophytic microbes, due to their bioactive compounds. Nature provides diverse plant taxa as a source for antimicrobial agents, which can be a substitute for synthetic antibiotics that generate so many allergic reactions to humans. Antibacterial activity of traditional medicinal plants. Most authors report minimum inhibitory concentrations mic, in. Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plant extracts against bacteria causing diarrhoea by naomi tope komolafe submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of master of science in the subject life sciences at the university of south africa supervisor. Shibila selva kishore research centre, department of zoology, r. However, the nature of the reported data is very variable.
Biomass production and antibacterial activity of justicia gendarussa. Nowadays, an increasing number of infectious agents are becoming more resistant to commercial antimicrobial compounds hancock et al. Antibacterial activity of traditional medicinal plants used by. Antimicrobial activity of crude extracts of endophytic fungi isolated from medicinal plant sapindus saponaria l. Extract of plants from 157 families have been reported to be active against microorganisms lakshmanan, 1990 and ravishankar, 1990. Pdf in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity of the chloroform extracts. Myrtus communis, thymus daenensis, iranian traditional herbs, food, antibacterial and antifungal activity udc 615. Antimicrobial activity of some plant extracts against. May 15, 2019 antibioticresistant microorganisms have been an evergrowing concern over the past years. Ajaybhan and others published evaluation of antimicrobial activity of six medicinal plants against dental pathogens find, read and cite.
Possible interactions among medications are frequently observed, which has motivated researchers to test such possibilities. However, it is impossible to include all the plant of potent antimicrobial activity. The necessity to develop new drugs requires varied strategies, among them, the bioprospection of secondary metabolites produced by medicinal plants dionisi et al. Ipomoea turpethum a plant in the morning glory family is an endangered medicinal plant of bangladesh and its neighboring countries. These plants are well known for their medicinal value and are widely used in community for the treatment of various diseases. Considering the vast potentiality of plants as sources for antimicrobial drugs, this study aimed to investigate in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts from some selected medicinal plants from nepal against the most common microbial pathogens including mdr bacteria. Some of these bioactive molecules are screened and traded in market as raw material for many herbal industries renisheya et al.
Aloe secundiflora was more effective followed by vernonia brachycalyx, terminalia brownii. The worldwide increase of multidrug resistance in both community and healthcare associated bacterial infections has impaired the current antimicrobial therapy, warranting the search for other alternatives. Antimicrobial activity of polyphenols and alkaloids in middle. The diversity and antimicrobial activity of endophytic actinomycetes isolated from medicinal plants in panxi plateau, china. This study explores the antibacterial properties of plants used in. Medicinal plants have the capacity to inhibit the growth of a wide range of opportunistic or pathogenic microorganisms due to the presence of essential oils 85. The objective of this research was to determine the antibacterial and antifungal activities of the five medicinal plants against streptococcus pneumoniae. Pdf antimicrobial activity of medicinal plant leaf. North american native american peoples used approximately 2,600 species of vascular plants in traditional medicines 1, 2. Antibacterial activity an overview sciencedirect topics. Antimicrobial activity of amazonian medicinal plants.
D, kavitha thirumurugan structural biology lab, center for bio medical research, school of bio sciences technology, vit university, vellore 632 004, tamil nadu, south india. Evaluation of antibacterial activity of some medicinal plants used in sudanese folk medicine for treatment of gastrointestinal tract infections. From over 3, 00,000 species of higher plants to occur in nature, only about 2 percent have been screened so for. Pdf antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of. Pdf antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants. Commonly used medicinal plants of our community could be an excellent source of drugs to fight off this. In a first study of ongoing research, endophytic bacteria were isolated from two medicinal plants, hypericum perforatum and ziziphora capitata with contrasting antimicrobial activities from the chatkal biosphere reserve of uzbekistan, and their plant specific traits involved in biocontrol and. Antimicrobial activity of ginger zingiber officinale. The antimicrobial activities of water and organic crude extracts of 6 medicinal plants azadirachta indica neem, zingiber officinale ginger, eucalyptus globules, lawsonia inermis, lepidium sativum and rosmarinus officinalis were detected against different pathogenic yeasts and fungi including strains that were highly resistant to. In general, bacteria have the genetic ability to transmit and acquire. Antimicrobial activity of five yemeni medicinal plants against selected human pathogenic bacteria and fungi abstract fulltext html xml download as pdf size.