| Literature DB >> 22557325 |
C Kalidass1, M Glory, Francis Borgio, V S Manickam.
Abstract
Leptadenia reticulata of Asclepidaceae family is a shrub, originally property of Petroleum ether, Alcohol & Chloroform extract of L. reticulata. The antimicrobial testing was carried out by "Disc diffusion method". Amongst the tested three extracts, chloroform extract showed high antimicrobial activity against E. coli, alcoholic extract showed high antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, while Petroleum ether extract showed antibacterial activity against Klebsilla pneumonae.Entities:
Keywords: Antimicrobial activity; Asclepiadaceae; Leptadenai reticulata; Medicinal plant
Year: 2009 PMID： 22557325 PMCID： PMC3336335
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anc Sci Life ISSN： 0257-7941