Effectiveness of Tinospora cardifolia stem extract on bacteria Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella dysenteriae

Abstract

The antibacterial activities of Tinospora cordifolia (Willd) stem extract prepared with methanol (hot and cold) were evaluated on bacterial strains Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella dysenteriae, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The in vitro antibacterial activity of hot and cold methanol stem extracts was performed by cup plate agar diffusion method using ciprofloxacin in Dimethyl sulphoxide as a standard drug for the comparing antibacterial activity. Experiment done with hot methanol extract of Tinospora cordifolia (Willd), produce considerable antibacterial activity. Maximum antibacterial activity of hot and cold methanol extracts was exhibited against Staphylococcus aureus when compared with standard drug Ciprofloxacin.