Abstract

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS OF BIXA ORELLANA L., SIMAROUBA GLAUCA DC AND OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM L. COLLECTED FROM JNCH HERBAL GARDEN

Md. Sadique Hussain, Manveer Singh, Bimlesh Kumar, Devesh Tewari, Shazia Mansoor and Narayanan Ganesh*

Abstract

Medicinal plants contain several phytoconstituents that are used for treatment of common bacterial infections. Microbial activity cause serious damage to living organisms. In the present study ethanolic extracts were prepared from Bixa orellana leaves and fruit, Simarouba glauca leaves and Ocimum tenuiflorum leaves. The extracts prepared from these plants showed a wide spectrum of antibacterial activity against gram negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli and gram-positive Streptococci and Staphylococci aureus bacteria by disc diffusion method and growth inhibition assay.

Keywords: Antimicrobial, Streptococci and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.