ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF FICUS BENGALENSIS AERIAL ROOTS

Authors

  • RAKESH K. SINGH Alternative Therapeutics Unit, Drug Development Division, Medicinal Research Lab,Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211 002, India.
  • GEETA WATAL Alternative Therapeutics Unit, Drug Development Division, Medicinal Research Lab,Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211 002, India.

Keywords:

Antimicrobial, Aerial roots, Bacterial strains, Ficus bengalensis, Hexane and Moraceae

Abstract

Herbal preparations of Ficus bengalensis L. (Moraceae) have been considered as safe,
effective and economical for various ailments in Indian traditional system of medicine. The present
study was aimed to scientifically explore the antimicrobial potential of F. bengalensis aerial roots.
Effect of variable concentrations of aqueous and hexane extracts of F. bengalensis aerial roots was
studied on three different non-pathogenic bacterial strains. All the three different concentrations of
25, 50 and 75 mg/ml of aqueous and hexane aerial root extracts showed sustained activity against
all the bacterial strains. The sensitivity of the extracts against each bacterial strain was determined
by identifying the diameter of inhibition zone (DIZ) for each concentration and the highest activity
was observed against Staphylococcus aureus for each of the three concentrations in case of both
the extracts.

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Published

30.09.2010

How to Cite

RAKESH K. SINGH, & GEETA WATAL. (2010). ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF FICUS BENGALENSIS AERIAL ROOTS. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 1(3), 1–9. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/368

Issue

Volume 1, Issue 3, 2010

Section

Research Articles