Study of antimicrobial activity of methanolic extract of Alangium lamarkii leaves against selected microbial species
Keywords:
Antimicrobial activity, Methanolic leaves extract, Human pathogens, Zone of Inhibition, Alangium lamarkii.Abstract
Alangium lamarkii is one of the most popular medicinal plant in India, commonly known as Ankora. Traditionally the leaves of the plant has been used in inflammations, blood disorders, burning sensation, spermatorrhoea, gleet, acute fever and lumbago but its antimicrobial activity is yet to be reported.. The antimicrobial activity of crude methanolic extract of Alangium lamarkii leaves were tested by cup plate method against 08 human microbial pathogens. Crude methanolic extract of leaves showed zone of inhibition in S. aureas-ML152 while it was not active against other organism such as Shigella flexneri 4a24, Vibrio cholera 793, Bacillus subtilis US 564, Salmonella typhi DI-1, Candida albicans SSKM and Candida tropicalis ATCC750 while comparing with standard drugs.
