Medicinal Plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology 62 (1998) 173 182 piddling communication Screening of 34 Indian medicinal plants for bactericide medicine properties R. Perumal Samy, S. Ignacimuthu *, A. Sen Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai 600 034, India true 22 October 1997; received in revised form 25 work on 1998; original 26 March 1998 soak A occur of 34 plant species belonging to 18 different families, selected on the seat of folklore medicinal reports practised by the tribal mess of westerly Ghats, India, were assayed for antibacterial activeness against Escherichia coli, Klebsiella aerogenes, genus Proteus 6ulgaris, and Pseudomonas aerogenes (Gram-negative bacteria) at kilobyte 5000 ppm using the disc dispersal method. Of these 16 plants showed military execute; among them Cassia ?stula, Terminalia arjuna and Vitex negundo showed signi?cant antibacterial military action against the tested bacteria. Our ?ndings pick up?rm the conventional therapeutic claims for these herbs. © 1998 Elsevier erudition Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Antibacterial activity; Plant extract; Tribals; westward Ghats 1. Introduction In India, herb tea medicines convey been the dry land of treatment and cure for different diseases/ physiological conditions in traditional methods practised such as ayurveda, unani and siddha.

Although reports of antibacterial activity of autochthonous plants have been published from many another(prenominal) regions (Nadkarni, 1908; Dhar et al., 1968) they have not been systematically conducted, except in a few * tally author. cases, thereby take to confusion in swig a meaningful conclusions (Padmaja et al., 1993; Ndamba et al., 1994; Vijaya et al., 1995). Indian folk medicine comprises numerous herbal prescriptions for therapeutic purposes which may be as varied as healing wounds, treating in?ammation due to infection, skin lesions, leprosy, diarrhoea, scabies, genital diseases, snake in the snoop bite and ulcers etc. What is provoke however is that, quite often, a particular...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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