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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 2 Issue 4</issue_number>
<issue_period>2011 (October - December)</issue_period>
<title>Bioactive Constituents And Antimicrobial Activity Of Cell Cultures Of Azadirachta Indica </title>
<abstract>The present study describes the major content and antimicrobial activity of  lessThan i greaterThan Azadirachta indica lessThan /i greaterThan  cell culture extracts. Major constituents of cell culture extracts were evaluated by HPLC and chromatographic analysis revealed that highest concentrations of azadirachtin (0.0069 % dry wt) synthesised by multiple shoot cultures. The results showed that multiple shoot cultures synthesised ~17-fold more azadirachtin compared to callus cultures. Cell cultures and plant materials were extracted with methanol, ethanol and petroleum ether that exhibited antimicrobial activity. Of the various solvent used, methanol extracts was exhibited better antimicrobial activity whilst petroleum ether extracts found ineffective. Bark and leaves extracts showed higher antimicrobial activity by minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) compared to  lessThan i greaterThan in vitro  lessThan /i greaterThan cell cultures extracts. Bark extracts showed maximum MIC against  lessThan i greaterThan Staphyloccocus aureus lessThan /i greaterThan  followed by  lessThan i greaterThan Bacillus subtilis lessThan /i greaterThan  whereas shoot culture extracts showed maximum MIC against  lessThan i greaterThan Pseudomonas lessThan /i greaterThan   lessThan i greaterThan aeruginosa lessThan /i greaterThan  followed by somatic embryos and callus culture extracts. On the basis of these results we therefore suggested that  lessThan i greaterThan in vitro lessThan /i greaterThan  cell cultures contain potential active antimicrobial components</abstract>
<authors>Ramesh K. Satdive, Susan Eapen And Devanand P. Fulzele</authors>
<keywords>Azadirachta indica, azadirachtin, callus cultures, shoot cultures antimicrobial activity </keywords>
<pages>617-628</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
