ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF TAMARIX DIOCA (L.) LEAVES AND FLOWERS

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Abdurahim Khan¹  Muhammad Fiaz¹  Rahmat Ali khan²  Jan Baz Khan²  Farhad Ullah khan³  Zain ul Wahab⁴ 

[1] Department of Botany Hazara University;Department of Biotecnology University of Science and Technology Bannu;Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture;Department of Conservation Studies Hazara University

关键词: T. dioca;    Methanol extract;    antifungal;    antibacterial efficacy;   

DOI  :  10.26480/gws.01.2018.01.03

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Zibeline International

【 摘 要 】

Tamarix dioca (L.) belongs to family Tamaricaceae is traditionally a vital plant used for treatment of various diseases. Efforts were made to investigate the antimicrobial efficiency of T. dioca.There was three concentrations of crude methanolic extracts of 200μg/ml, 100μg/ml and 50 μg/ml were checked against six pathogenic fungi Aspergillus fumigatus, aspergillus flavus, Fusarium solani, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium tubesulum and six bacterial strains Bacillus subtilis, Enterobactor aerogenes, Escherichia coli, Kliebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhi and Staphylococcus aureus. It was noted that Percentage inhibition in the growth of fungi and bacteria was dosage dependent. Terbinafine a standard antifungal drug, 10mg/ml and Cefexime 10mg/ml (antibacterial) were used as a positive control. The results were compared with control and most of the results were found significant. Maximum inhibition was showed by T. dioca against fungal strain A. niger (74%) and bacterial strain K. pneumoniae (48%). It can be use as powerful antimicrobial agent in near fture.

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