Antimicrobial activity of aqueous and methanolic extracts of Aegle marmelos

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  • Nagarkar SS Department of Botany and Research Centre, Adarsh Education Society’s Arts, Commerce and Science College, Hingoli.

Keywords:

Aegle marmelos, Methanolic Extract, Aqueous extract, Antimicrobial activity

Abstract

Methanolic and aqueous extract of Aegle marmelos leaves were evaluated for antimicrobial activity against common human pathogens. The findings have proved that aqueous extract of Aegle marmelos was more effective in inhibiting all the five test pathogens with zone of inhibition ranging between 31 mm and 51 mm as compared to methanolic leaf extract (14 to 39 mm). The results indicated that the methanolic and aqueous leaf extracts of Aegle marmelos might be exploited as natural drug for the treatment of several infectious diseases caused by these organisms. The present study justifies the antimicrobial uses of A. marmelos in the traditional system of medicine to treat various infectious diseases.

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Nagarkar SS, Department of Botany and Research Centre, Adarsh Education Society’s Arts, Commerce and Science College, Hingoli.



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Published

2021-09-30

How to Cite

Nagarkar SS. (2021). Antimicrobial activity of aqueous and methanolic extracts of Aegle marmelos. International Journal of Life Sciences, 9(3), 357–360. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/928

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2021): International Journal of Life Sciences

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Research Articles

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