ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS FROM SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATSC.UMA AND J.M. SASIKUMARAbstract Different organic and alcoholic extracts of Calotropis gigantia R. Br., Justicia adhatoda. Linn., Moringa oleifera. Lam., Piper betle. Linn. were tested for their antimicrobial activity against certain bacterial pathogens Escherchia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Klebsiella pneumoniae and fungal strains of Aspergillus niger and Rhizopus species. The plant extracts exhibited broader and moderate activity against all the microbial pathogens at all 100mg/mL, 75 mg/mL, 50 mg/mL and 25 mg/mL concentrations.
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