Archives


International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences Research Article

Impact of medicinal plant extracts against bacterial strain in Thanjavur area, Tamil Nadu India

Rengarajan, R., Madhavan, D. and Ravichandran, R.

Year : 2016 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 63-66

doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1308181

Received on: 02/23/2016

Revised on: 02/26/2016

Accepted on: 02/27/2016

Published on: 02/27/2016

  • Rengarajan, R., Madhavan, D. and Ravichandran, R.( 2016).

    Impact of medicinal plant extracts against bacterial strain in Thanjavur area, Tamil Nadu India

    . International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 1( 1), 63-66.

  • click to view the cite format


Abstract

The present study was aimed to evaluate the growth inhibitory effect of Hibiscus rosasinensis, Azadirachta indica, Ficus religiosa and   Ocimum sanctum  leaves extracts on Esherichia coli, Salmonella typhii, Staphylococcus aureus and Enterobacter aerogen. Aquous plant extracts were tested against 4 bacteria. Gel diffusion method, were used in this investigation. The antibacterial activity of Azadirachta indica plant extract was exhibited maximum zone of inhibition against  Esherichia  coli  15 mm  (Mean value in Dia.),  when compared with other medicinal plant extracts. Ficus religiosa plant extract was zone of inhibition 14 mm (Mean value in Dia.) against Esherichia coli and 12 mm (Mean value in Dia.) against Salmonella typhii, Staphylococcus aureus and Enterobacter aerogen. The Enterobacter aerogen was highly inhibition 9 mm (Mean value in Dia.) against Ocimum sanctum   plant extract. At the same time Hibiscus rosasinensis plant extract was highly sensitive 14 mm (Mean value in Dia.) against   Staphylococcus aureus.  The present observation, the Azadirachta indica and Ficus religiosa medicinal plant extracts are having best control of antibacterial activity.

Keywords

Growth inhibitory, Plant extracts, Bacterial strain, Thanjavur.

  • Full Article PDF ( 3185)

  • View HTML Article
  • Copy Rights

    © The Author(s) 2025. This article is published by International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (creativecommons.org), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.