Abstract :
The antibacterial activity of aqueous and ethanol extracts were studied. The local variety of which is used as traditional folk medicine in India for the treatment of different infection.The was evaluated for antibacterial activity against some selected strain using the agar well diffusion method.The antibacterial properties of extract against 100 clinical strain belong to seven bacterial species and 1 isolate of fungi were tested.The ethanol extract inhibited the growth of 80 strain of 7 bacterial species and both the growth was suppressed by aqueous and ethanol extracts. 1 isolates of at the concentration of 200 micron per ml.The ethanol extract shows persistant activity against and β- carotene, vitamin C, palmitic acid, triterpenoids, selenium, alkaloids- ergonovine and ergonovinine, furfural, furfural alcohol, phenyl acetaldehyde, acetic acid, eicosanoic. These antibacterial characteristics back up its long-standing usage in the treatment of infectious disorders.
Keyword :
Streptococcus, Salmonella, Pseudomonas, Bacillus subtillis, Ecoil S aureus extract