Abstract

A REVIEW ARTICLE, HERBAL PLANTS USED AS ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT

Koushik Nandan Dutta* and Mangala Lahkar

Abstract

The use of plants in treatment of burns, dermatophytes and infectious diseases is common in traditional medicine. The development of new antimicrobial agents against resistant pathogens is increasing interest. Therefore, the methanolic extracts of different parts of medicinal plants used locally in folk medicine were evaluated for antimicrobial activity. It was found that most plant extract studies have antibacterial and antifungal activities. The methanolic extract of leaf of the plant Azadirachta indica, Dendrocnide sinuata, Acacia nilotica, Capsicum chinense, Bambusa vulgaris and Syzygium aromaticum showed significant antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis, Escherchia coli, Staphaylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas fluorescence. Azadirachta indica and Acacia nilotica showed significant antifungal activity against Aspergillus flavus, Ziziphus mauritiana.

Keywords: Antibacterial screening, Medicinal plants, Antifungal.