Antibacterial potentiality of Argemone mexicana solvent extracts against some pathogenic bacteria

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Indranil Bhattacharjee¹  Soroj Kumar Chatterjee¹  Soumendranath Chatterjee¹  Goutam Chandra¹ 

[1] ,The University of Burdwan Department of Zoology Parasitology Research Laboratory West Bengal ,India

关键词: Argemone mexicana;    medicinal plant;    antibacterial activity;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762006000600011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The sensitivity of two Gram positive (Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis) and two Gram negative (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) pathogenic multi-drug resistant bacteria was tested against the crude extracts (cold aqueous, hot aqueous, and methanol extracts) of leaves and seeds of Argemone mexicana L. (Papaveraceae) by agar well diffusion method. Though all the extracts were found effective, yet the methanol extract showed maximum inhibition against the test microorganisms followed by hot aqueous extract and cold aqueous extract.

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