Antibacterial activity of plants used in Indian herbal medicine

Delonix elata , Enicostemma axillare, Merremia tridentata, Mollugo cerviana and Solanum incanum are medicinal plants used in traditional Indian medicine for the treatment of various ailments. These plants were selected to evaluate their potential antibacterial activity. To determine antibacterial ac...

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Published inInternational journal of green pharmacy Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 22
Main Authors Verma, RamaS, Pavithra, PS, Janani, VS, Charumathi, KH, Indumathy, R, Potala, Sirisha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mandsaur Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.01.2010
Mandsaur Institute of Pharmacy, Mandsaur University Campus
Subjects
Antibacterial agents
Bacterial infections
Care and treatment
Health aspects
Herbal medicine
Medicine, Botanic
Medicine, Herbal
Pathology
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmacology
Properties
India
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Summary:Delonix elata , Enicostemma axillare, Merremia tridentata, Mollugo cerviana and Solanum incanum are medicinal plants used in traditional Indian medicine for the treatment of various ailments. These plants were selected to evaluate their potential antibacterial activity. To determine antibacterial activity and phytochemicals in the crude extracts of five medicinal plants used in traditional Indian medicine for the treatment of various ailments like rheumatism, piles fever, skin diseases and snake bite. The antibacterial activity of organic solvent extracts of these plants were determined by disc diffusion and broth dilution techniques against gram-positive bacterial strains (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus) and gram-negative bacterial strains (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Results revealed that the chloroform and methanol extracts of D. elata and methanol extracts of M. cerviana exhibited significant antibacterial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative strains with minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) ranging from 1.5 to 100 mg/ml. Methanol extracts of M. tridentata exhibited activity only against gram-positive bacterial strains with MBC ranging from 12.5 to 100 mg/ml. Extracts of E. axillare and S. incanum showed activity only against B. subtilis and were not bactericidal at 100 mg/ml. The most susceptible organism to the organic extracts from all the studied plants was B. subtilis and the most resistant organism was P. aeruginosa. The presence of phytochemicals such as alkaloids, tannins, triterpenoids, steroids and glycosides in the extracts of these plants supports their traditional uses as medicinal plants for the treatment of various ailments. The present study reveals potential use of these plants for developing new antibacterial compounds against pathogenic microorganisms. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0973-8258
1998-4103
DOI:10.4103/0973-8258.62161