Abstract

EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF TULSI AND POMEGRANATE GEL FOR ORAL BACTERIA

Divya Shree A. J.*, Bibi Ayseha S. K., Rakshitha Kumari D. and Ravichandra V. D.

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Abstract

Plants have been used from thousands of years to treat health diseases and to conserve food. In Ayurveda many plants have been mentioned potential medicinal values. Punica granatum known as Pomegranate is widely used as a folk remedy in India to treat pathogenic microbes. Nowadays, there has been an increasing interest in extracting relevant natural antimicrobial agents as a potent as the chemical antibiotic to be used as an alternative approach, Pomegranate has gained a wider attention for its potent antimicrobial activity as bacteria are getting resistance to synthetic antibiotics. Ocimum sanctum, sometimes known as holy basil, tulsi it is a fragrant plant native to Asia and Africa's tropics and a medicinally important plant in the Lamiaceae family. The family Lamiaceae is one of the most used medicinal plants but also with its valuable essential oils being used as spices and flavours for food products. Ocimum sanctum's antibacterial activity reveals that the plant has significant antimicrobial capabilities, and Ocimum is widely used in India. In the present study, the aqueous peel extract of Punica granatum and volatile oil of Ocimum sanctum been tested to evaluate its antimicrobial activity comparing with the standard antibiotics. [Tetracycline, Ceftriaxone, Cefotaxime]. The tulsi volatile oil, gel and Punica granatum, tetracycline showed prominent antimicrobial activity with the zone of inhibition compared to the Ceftriaxone and Cefotaxime. The antimicrobial efficacy of Ocimum sanctum gel and Punica granatum gel indicates that the plant poses potent antimicrobial activity.

Keywords: Punica granatum, Ocimum sanctum, volatile oil, Aqueous peel extract, Gel, Antimicrobial activity.