ANTIMICROBIAL ABILITY OF CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT CLOTH AS ANTIBIOTIC ENVIORNMENT

Abstract

Plants are wealthy in numerous secondary metabolites and are a most important source of chemical diversity; therefore, they are a potential source of new drugs for man whose use to control diseases. Curcuma longa (turmeric) has been shown to inhibit the growth of numerous microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. The present study was performed to screen antimicrobial efficacy of Curcuma longa by preparing antimicrobial cloth from the plant extract of Curcuma longa. Turmeric plant extract shows good antimicrobial activity against fungi. Cloth prepared with C. longa plant extract gives good result against A. niger (IZ= 0.275, AI= 0.008) after 5 wash. Cloth prepared with C. longa plant extract give good result against A.flavus after 20 wash (IZ=0.54, AI= 0.019). Therefore, in present research attempts were made to generate new dimensions for potentials cloths with C. longa plant extracts and it is note worthy that this cloth possess antimicrobial potentials against pathogenic fungi and can be work as safe and antibiotic environment for future generations.