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Abstract

Antibacterial and antifungal potential of some arid zone plants

Author(s): SC Jain, B Pancholi, R Singh, R Jain
Medicinal Plants and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302 004, India 1Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302 004, India

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Sequential extracts of some medicinally important arid zone plants of Rajasthan, viz. Lepidagathis trinervis Nees., Polycarpea corymbosa Lam. and Sericostoma paucifl orum Stocks. ex Wight. were tested against six bacterial (Gram +ve and Gram –ve) and fi ve fungal strains using agar well diffusion method. Ethyl acetate extract of L. trinervis showed maximum activity against Bacillus subtilis, Enterobactor aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aspergillus fl avus and Trichophyton rubrum (inhibition zone 16.00±0.81, 13.33±0.66, 14.33±1.85, 14.30±0.34 and 23.00±0.00 mm) at varied minimum inhibitory concentrations of 82, 20, 41, 41 and 20 μg/ml, respectively

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