International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
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Volume 2 Issue 3
2011 (July - September)
Antibacterial And Antifungal Activity Of Various Whole Plant Extracts Of Aerva Tomentosa Forsk. (Amaranthaceae)
The antimicrobial activity of ethanol, petroleum ether, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, methanol and aqueous whole plant extracts of lessThan i greaterThan Aerva tomentosa lessThan /i greaterThan ( lessThan i greaterThan Amaranthaceae) lessThan /i greaterThan were tested against nine human pathogens such as lessThan i greaterThan Bacillus lessThan /i greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan subtilis, Enterobactor aerogenes, Escherichia coli lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Pseudomonas aeruginosa lessThan /i greaterThan bacterias and lessThan i greaterThan Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, Trichophyton rubrum lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Penicillium crysogenum lessThan /i greaterThan fungus by using agar well diffusion method. Among the six extracts the aqueous cold extract of lessThan i greaterThan Aerva tomentosa lessThan /i greaterThan showed the highest range of activity against all tested human pathogens. lessThan i greaterThan E. aerogenes, E. coli lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan A. niger, C. albicans, T. rubrum lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan P. crysogenum lessThan /i greaterThan were found to be susceptible forming highest zone of inhibition diameter of 12-20 mm at concentration of 4 mg/ml, suggesting that lessThan i greaterThan Aerva tomentosa lessThan /i greaterThan was strongly inhibitory towards these organisms. Appreciable activity against lessThan i greaterThan A. niger lessThan /i greaterThan was exhibited by both cold extracts of aqueous and ethyl acetate (IZ 20.00±0.00 mm and17.30±0.33 mm, respectively). These results indicate that lessThan i greaterThan Aerva tomentosa lessThan /i greaterThan ( lessThan i greaterThan Amaranthaceae) lessThan /i greaterThan possessed potential Antibacterial and Antifungal activities.
Ashish Sethi And R. A. Sharma
Aerva tomentosa, Antibacterial, Antifungal, Humanpathogens, Agar well diffusion method.
184-192