National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Drugs from natural medicinal plants products have important chemical compounds with pharmacological and toxicological value may use as a substitute to control microbial infections. In the present study ethyl acetate, methanol and benzene extracts of turmeric and fennel were studied for its antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi and Escherichia coli. The results showed that the plant extracts were specific in action against the growth of bacteria and showed zone of inhibition. The highest growth inhibition was found in the benzene extract of fennel against S. aureus whereas, it was lowest in ethyl acetate extract of turmeric against E. coli. The zone of inhibition in all three extract of fennel exhibited higher antibacterial activity as compared to turmeric. The fennel extracts displayed extensively a competitive inhibitory potency with the more effective benzene extract. The results of the study indicates that these plants possess phyto-constituents having antibacterial activity thus can be utilized as a natural plant based antimicrobials.
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