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| Title: | Antibacterial activity of selected species of Lamiaceae against human pathogens |
| Authors: | Britto, A John De
Sebastian, Steena Roshan
Sujin, R Mary |
| Keywords: | Antibacterial activity
Human pathogens
Inhibition zone
Lamiaceae
Minimum Inhibitory concentration |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl. (2011.01) - A61K 36/53, A61K 127/00, A61P 31/10 |
| Abstract: | Eight selected
plant species belonging to the family Lamiaceae were collected from different
localities of Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, dried and extracted by crude
methanol extraction method. The antimicrobial activity and Minimum Inhibitory
Concentration (MIC) of the extracts were evaluated against ten human pathogens.
Antimicrobial activities of
the extracts were determined by the agar disc diffusion method. MIC was
determined in the plant extracts that showed
some efficacy against pathogens.
Ciprofloxacin (5 mcg/disc) was used as positive control for comparison of the
inhibition zones. The microbial activity of the methanolic extract of Coleus aromaticus Benth. was found
efficient against all the
tested pathogens. In Lamiaceae, C.
aromaticus, Mentha arvensis Linn. and Leucas
aspera Willd. had lower MIC values of 12.5 mg/ml with inhibition zones of
10, 10 and 8 mm, respectively. |
| Page(s): | 334-342 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.3(3) [September 2012]
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