ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANT EXTRACTS AGAINST MULTIDRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA

Abstract

The present study was conducted with a view to evaluate the therapeutic potentials of fifteen plant extracts commonly used against tested multidrug resistant bacteria by agar well diffusion method. Out of fifteen plant extracts five cr ude plant extracts of Ribes grossularia (fruit), Piper nigrum (fruit), Syzygium aromaticum (fruit), Saroca asoca (leaf), and Azadirachta indica (leaf) were found to exhibit potential antimicrobial properties against the tested multidrug resistant bacterial isolates whereas ten plant extracts of Ocimum tenuiflorum (leaf), Coriandrum sativum (leaf), Trigonella foenumgraecum (leaf), Citrus limon (fruit), Phyllanthus debilis (leaf), Datura stramonium (leaf), Urtica dioica (leaf), Allium sativum (bulb), Cuminum cyminum (seed) and Zingiber officinale (rhizome) could not inhibit the growth of tested multi drug resistant bacteria. The results demonstrate the antimicrobial potential of these plants and suggested the possibility of employing them in drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases caused by the test organisms.