ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF THE BIODIESEL PLANT, JATROPHA CURCAS L.

Authors

  • K.KALIMUTHU Department of Botany, Government Arts College (autonomous), Coimbatore – 641018, India.
  • S.VIJAYAKUMAR Institute of forest genetic tree breeding, Coimbatore – 641 013.
  • R.SENTHILKUMAR Institute of forest genetic tree breeding, Coimbatore – 641 013.

Keywords:

Callus, antimicrobial, plant extract, methanol.

Abstract

As a measure of testing the medicinal properties of Jatropha curcas, methanol extract obtained from both in vivo leaf and leaf derived callus were subjected to antimicrobial activity against six microorganisms, of the six different concentrations tested, the in vitro leaf callus extracts of at high concentrations (1.0 and 1.2%) inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas sp. at maximum extend (20 and 23mm diameter in inhibition ) The antifungal activities of the leaf extract in vivo was noteworthy . However, the methanol extract of leaf derived callus of Jatropha curcas showed higher antifungal activity with concominant increase in concentrations. 

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Published

30.09.2010

How to Cite

K.KALIMUTHU, S.VIJAYAKUMAR, & R.SENTHILKUMAR. (2010). ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF THE BIODIESEL PLANT, JATROPHA CURCAS L. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 1(3), 1–5. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/129

Issue

Volume 1, Issue 3, 2010

Section

Research Articles