Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Asparagus racemosus Willd. root

✍ Scribed by Subhash C. Mandal; A. Nandy; M. Pal; B. P. Saha

• Book ID: 101291117
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 33 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-418X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(200003)14:2<118::aid-ptr493>3.0.co;2-p

✦ Synopsis

Different concentrations (50, 100, 150 mg/mL) of the methanol extract of the roots of Asparagus racemosus Willd. showed considerable in vitro antibacterial efficacy against Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri, Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas putida, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus. The effects produced by the methanol extract were compared with chloramphenicol.