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Volume :2
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of May
21
2014 |
| Antibacterial Efficacy of Twenty Two Medicinal Plants Crude Extracts against Six Human Pathogenic Bacterial Strains of Hazara Davison Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | | Author Name:Abdul Majid ,Zeeshan Niaz ,Syed Adnan Jan ,Afzaal Ahmad,Afshan Saleem , Seemab UrRehman Khattak ,Kashif Iqbal, Afzal Khan and Iqbal Ahmad Alvi |  | Show Author Profile | Abstract: Ethanolic, Methanolic, Cold water and Hot W ater extracts of twenty two
medicinal plants in Hazara Division were tested for antibacterial activity against six
human pathogenic bacterial strains using well diffusion method. T otal of twenty two
medicinal plants were studied in the present investigation. In which seventeen medicinal
plants were show moderate to good antibacterial activity against tested bacterial
strains. Which were included Camellia sinensis, Solanum jacquinii (Solanaceae),
Datura alba (Solanaceae), Withania somnifera, Swertia chirata (Gentianaceae),
Solanum xanthocarpum (Solanaceae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Cannabis
sat i va ( Cannabaceae) , Ephedra vul gar i s ( Ephedraceae) , Bras s i ca ni gra
(Brassicaceae), Centella asiatica (Umbelliferae), Solanum nigrum (Solanaceae),
Primula vulgaris (primulaceae), Cedrus deodara, Zanthoxylum armatum (Rutaceae),
Mentha piperita (Lamiaceae). Other five medicinal plant which included Colycynthis
vulgaris (Cucurbitaceae), Ziziphus jujuba (Rhamnacae), Carica papaya (Caricaceae),
Ricinus communis. (Euphorbiaceae) and Solanum xanthocarpum show no antibacterial
effects. Hot water extracts of all medicinal plants show no activity against any test
organisms. Medicinal plants are growing abundantly in Hazara division and other part
of Pakistan. There is also need for further investigation to explore the flora of Hazara
Division and screening for new antimicrobial agents and fortitude of their
Phytochemical studies to establish the types of compounds responsible for the activity
and to recognize which can be used in drug development for safe health care services. |
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