RESEARCH ARTICLE
Antimicrobial Evaluation of Leaf and Stem Extract of Cordia macleodii
Deepkumar Joshi1, *, Rinku Patel2, Nupur Patel2, Devendra Patel1, Chintan Pandya2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2014Volume: 1
First Page: 1
Last Page: 3
Publisher Id: PHARMSCI-1-1
DOI: 10.2174/1874844901401010001
Article History:
Received Date: 20/10/2014Revision Received Date: 22/11/2014
Acceptance Date: 5/12/2014
Electronic publication date: 31/12/2014
Collection year: 2014
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Abstract
The leaf and stem of cordia macleodii plant were investigated for evaluating antibacterial and antifungal properties.Different extracts of leaf and stem viz. double distilled water, methanol, ethyl acetate ane n-hexane were collectedand content was optimized for the maximum amount of extraction with varying time of 6 and 12 h. The extracts weretested for their antimicrobial activities against gram-positive bacteria (B. sutilis), gram-negative bacteria (E. coli) andfungi (A. niger). The extracts were found to be more active against bacteria as compared to fungi. It was also observedthat the antibacterial and antifungal potential of the water extracts were found to be excellent as 1A (38 mm) and 1B (22mm) compared to the other extracts.