Antimicrobial Activity of Some Medicinal Plant Extracts

ISBN-13: 9786206167211 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str.

Barkat Ali; Syeda Sadaf Akber

Opis

Medicinal plants like herbs, herbal medicines, pharmacologically active plants, or phytomedicines remain the dominant sort of medicine in most developing countries. This book was designed to investigate the antimicrobial activity of selected plant extracts. This study demonstrates that the methanol extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra, Papaver somniferum, Zingiber officinale, Syzygium aromaticum, and Coriandrum sativum were active against all the test organisms. They exhibited inhibitory as well as bactericidal characteristics against all tested organisms with the exception of Cedrus deodar, Cupressus semepervirens, which had low inhibitory properties but high cytotoxicity This study demonstrates that the methanol extracts of Glycyrrhiza glabra, Papaver somniferum, Zingiber officinale, Syzygium aromaticum, and Coriandrum sativum were active against all the test organisms. They exhibited inhibitory as well as bactericidal characteristics against all tested organisms, with the exception of Cedrus deodar, and Cupressus semepervirens, which had low inhibitory properties but high cytotoxicity.

O autorze

Barkat Ali holds an M.Phil degree in Clinical Microbiology & Immunology. He was raised in Shukhdara Matta, a well-developed region in KPK. Barkat is currently pursuing a PhD in Microbiology at the University of Swat, KPK. He has contributed to the field with one international publication and has also presented three posters.