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. 2002 Apr-Jun;21(4):230–239.

ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES OF SOME SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS

R Udaya Kumar *, V Hazeena Begum *
PMCID: PMC3331055  PMID: 22557059

Abstract

Antimicrobial activities were detected in the 80% ethanolic extract of Achyranthes aspera, Ficus glomerata, Leucas aspera, Thespesia populnea and Zizyphus jujube against Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and salmonella typhi. The treatments resulted in the formation of various inhibitory zones, in contrast to the control where no inhibitory zone was observed.

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