Antibacterial evaluation of Drymaria cordata Willd (Fam. Caryophyllaceae) extract

✍ Scribed by Pulok K. Mukherjee; S. Bhattacharya; Kakali Saha; S. N. Giri; M. Pal; B. P. Saha

• Book ID: 101287452
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 75 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-418X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(199705)11:3<249::aid-ptr69>3.0.co;2-w

✦ Synopsis

Different extracts of Drymaria cordata Willd (aerial parts) were tested for antibacterial efficacy against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29737, Escherichia coli ATCC 10536, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633, Bacillus pumilis ATCC 14884 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 25619. The effects produced by the extracts were found to have significant activities against all the organisms being tested and the effects so produced were compared with those of chloramphenicol. The methanol extract was found to be the most effective.