Antimicrobial activity of rauvolfia tetraphylla and physalis minima leaf and callus extracts

Shariff, N. and Sudarshana, M. S. and Umesha, S. and Hariprasad, P. (2006) Antimicrobial activity of rauvolfia tetraphylla and physalis minima leaf and callus extracts. African journal of biotechnology, 5 (10). pp. 946-950. ISSN 1684-5315

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Abstract

The in vitro antimicrobial activity of Rauvolfia tetraphylla and Physalis minima leaf and callus extracts were studied against selected pathogenic fungi and bacteria, following broth dilution assay. Leaves and calli were extracted using absolute alcohol, benzene, chloroform, methanol and petroleum ether. Among the five solvents used, leaf and callus extracted in chloroform of both the plants were found to be more effective against pathogenic bacteria and fungi, where the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranged between 0.25 to 6 mg/ml. Absolute alcohol extracts showed MIC of 0.25 to 4 mg/ml for bacteria, whereas for fungi it ranged from 0.25 to 100 mg/ml. Extracts of benzene and petroleum ether were ineffective in inhibiting the bacterial and fungal growth or showed poor inhibition. Methanol extract showed MIC of 0.25 to 100 mg/ml against bacterial pathogens and 0.5 to 100 mg/ml against fungal pathogens. The antimicrobial activities of these two indigenous medicinal plants were discussed in the present paper.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	B Life Science > Biotechnology
Divisions:	Department of > Biotechnology
Depositing User:	LA manjunath user
Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2019 11:25
Last Modified:	19 Aug 2019 11:25
URI:	http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/6782

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