Antimicrobial activity of phytochemicals from Ficus religiosa

Authors

  • Anindita Mandal
  • Soniya Shetty
  • Esha Dabholkar
  • Tofiya Khan

Keywords:

Ficus religiosa, phytochemicals, aqueous extracts,, alcohol extracts, antimicrobial

Abstract

The present study focuses on the antimicrobial activity of plant extracts, which have been used since ancient times in India for treating various diseases. This experiment was performed to determine the antimicrobial effect of aqueous and alcoholic extracts of different parts of the peepal tree against the gram-positive culture of Staphylococcus aureus and gram-negative cultures of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae by disc diffusion method and broth technique. The disc diffusion technique using alcoholic extract of bark showed inhibition to the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It was found that alcoholic extract of bark showed highest antibacterial activity followed by alcoholic extract of leaves.

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Published

2022-10-16

How to Cite

Anindita Mandal, Soniya Shetty, Esha Dabholkar, & Tofiya Khan. (2022). Antimicrobial activity of phytochemicals from Ficus religiosa. International Journal of Life Sciences, 33–37. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/596

Issue

Darwin -2021

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Research Articles

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