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| Title: | In vitro evaluation of antibacterial activity of Acrostichum aureum Linn. |
| Authors: | Thomas, Toji |
| Keywords: | Antibacterial
Acrostichum aureum
Fern
Mayursikha
Medicinal
Phytochemicals
Pseodomonas aeruginosa
Pteridophyte |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl. (2011.01)- A61K 36/11, A61K 127/00, A61P 31/04 |
| Abstract: | Acrostichum aureum Linn., a medicinal pteridophyte
is used as an anthelmintic and styptic in traditional systems of medicine. In
the present study, fronds of A. aureum
were evaluated for their antibacterial potential and phytochemical contents in
various solvent extracts of the plant in increasing polarity towards pathogenic
bacterial species involved in skin diseases in human beings. Antibacterial
activity was evaluated by disc diffusion method. The results indicated that the
fronds of the plant showed antibacterial activity especially in methanol and
acetone extracts. The methanol extract showed maximum activity towards Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a resistant
strain towards Amoxicillin and Chloramphenicol. Petroleum ether and
water extracts did not show any antibacterial activity towards any of the
tested organisms. The presence of flavonoids and phenols were observed in
various extracts. The high flavonoid and phenol content in the plants may be
one of the reasons for their antibacterial activity. Methanolic extract of the
plant exhibited minimum inhibitory concentration as 50 mg/ml and minimum
bactericidal concentration as 25 mg/ml towards P. aeruginosa.
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| Page(s): | 135-138 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.3(1) [March 2012]
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