Antibacterial Potential of Achyranthus aspera Linn Procured from Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, India
Author Affiliations
- 1Department of Biotechnology, Lovely School of Bio-Sciences,Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, INDIA
Res.J.chem.sci., Volume 1, Issue (8), Pages 80-82, November,18 (2011)
Abstract
Achyranthus aspera, Family: Amaranthaceae was procured from Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana regions in the month of January-2010. Methanol extract of dried whole plants of Achyranthus aspera was evaluated against bacterial species viz., Bacillus cereus, Escherchia coli, Acinetobacter baumanii Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella typhi. The plants procured from Himachal Pradesh showed the best antimicrobial activity followed by Punjab and Haryana region respectively. Escherchia coli was maximally inhibited (24mmħ0.5) by the plants from Himachal Pradesh region followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (23mmħ0.7) and Bacillus cereus (20mmħ0.51) at the concentration of 2000µg. The zone of inhibition could not be detected at 500 µg for Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, from all the locations investigated and at 1000 µg also, no inhibition was observed in plant samples collected from Haryana region. All the bacterial species were found susceptible to methanolic extract of whole plants of Achyranthes aspera however at high concentrations.
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