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. 2000 Jul-Dec;20(1-2):92–96.

Antimicrobial Potency of the Leaf – Stalk Extract of Curcuma longa (LINN)

R Mazumder *,*, T Mendiratta , SC Mondal , A Mazumder
PMCID: PMC3336426  PMID: 22557005

Abstract

The methanolic extract of the leaf-stalk of curcuma longa LINN, was tested for its minimum Inhibitor concentration (MIC) against Gram positive-staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus subtilis, klebsiella pnemoniae, bacillus cereus, streptococcus pneumoniae, Lactobacillus arabinosus and gram negative E.coli, shigella dysenteriae, shigella sonnei, shigella boydii, salmonella typhimurium, proteus mirabilis, and Vibrio cholerae strains, further, the ones of inhibition produced by the crude extract against four selected bacterial strains were measured and compared with those produced by the standard antibiotic ciprofloxacin against the same bacterial strains.

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