ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF THE MEDICINAL PLANT WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA (Roxb.) R.Br.

Authors

  • T. GEETHA Department of Botany, J J College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu
  • N. KOMALAVALLI Head and Associate Professor, Department of Botany, H.H. The Rajah’s College (Autonomous), Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu
  • S. SIVA SUBRAMANIAN Department of Botany, J J College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu

Keywords:

Antibacterial activity, Callus extract, Pala indigo plant.

Abstract

The  antibacterial activity of Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R. Br. callus extract was studied against selected pathogenic bacterial strains, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus subtilis by Agar disc diffusion method.  Among the three solvents and water were used , methanol extract of callus showed higher inhibition zone against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (27 mm), Staphylococcus aureus (22 mm), Bacillus subtilis (20 mm) and Escherichia coli (07 mm).  The level of inhibitory activity varies widely with different bacterial species for different solvents and water extract.

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31.12.2014

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T. GEETHA, N. KOMALAVALLI, & S. SIVA SUBRAMANIAN. (2014). ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF THE MEDICINAL PLANT WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA (Roxb.) R.Br. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 5(4), 1137–1141. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/3857

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Volume 5, Issue 4, 2014

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