PJB-2013-198
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF SIXTEEN SPECIES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS REPORTED FROM DIR KOHISTAN VALLEY KPK, PAKISTAN
ALI HAZRAT1,2*, MOHAMMAD NISAR1 AND SHAH ZAMAN1
Abstract
The methanol extract of 16 species of medicinal plants were screened for their antimicrobial activity, using Agar well diffusion method. They were tested against 6 species of tested pathogens Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus, crude extract and subsequent fractions demonstrated moderate to excellent antibacterial activities. Highest antibacterial activity was displayed by the methanol fraction showed good and significant activity in 10 species of medicinal plants.
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