Abstract

STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF CAESALPINIA DECAPETALA

Shirish S. Pingale*

Abstract

The aim of present research is to study antimicrobial activity of aqueous extract of C. decapetala leaves Disc diffusion assay method was employed for antimicrobial activity study in which methanol was used as blank and Chloramphenicol (10 ml/mg) as a standard. In the antimicrobial study leaves extract of plant shows zone of inhibition against fungal species like Penicillium chrysogemum and Aspergillus Niger as well as bacterial species like Escherichia coli, Kelbsiella aerogenes, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus albus. The extract obtained from C. decapetala gives minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in between 8.0 to 15.0 mg/ml. The results of this research work shows that C. decapetala is rich source of bioactive components and can be used as effective antimicrobial herbal drug and antioxidant reagent.

Keywords: Escherichia coli, Kelbsiella aerogenes, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus albus.