Antimicrobial Activity of some Ethnomedicinals plants used by Tribals of Mandla district Central India

Abstract

Antimicrobial activity of 10 ethnomedicinal plant extracts were evaluated against nine bacterial Strains, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterococcus facalis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomona saeruginosa, Ervinia sp, Proteus vulgaris and one fungal strain Candida albicans. The collected ethnomedicinal plants were used in folk medicine in the treatment of skin diseases, venereal diseases, respiratory problems and nervous disorders .Out of 10 plants, 6 plants exhibited antimicrobial activity against one or more of the tested microorganisms at three different concentrations of 1.25, 2.5and 5mg/disc.