Antimicrobial Activity of Acanthus ilicifolius (L.)

The antimicrobial activity of alcoholic, butanolic and chloroform extracts of leaves and roots of the plant Acanthus ilicifolius ware studied. Ampicillin and clotrimazole were used as standard antibacterial and antifungal agents respectively. The result of the study revealed that the alcoholic extra...

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Autores principales: Bose, S., Bose, Arti
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21369453
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0250-474X.49134
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description The antimicrobial activity of alcoholic, butanolic and chloroform extracts of leaves and roots of the plant Acanthus ilicifolius ware studied. Ampicillin and clotrimazole were used as standard antibacterial and antifungal agents respectively. The result of the study revealed that the alcoholic extract and chloroform extract of leaves exhibited strong inhibitory action against Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus niger and moderate inhibitory action against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus vulgaris. The rest of the extracts showed moderate activity.
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spelling pubmed-30408862011-03-02 Antimicrobial Activity of Acanthus ilicifolius (L.) Bose, S. Bose, Arti Indian J Pharm Sci Short Communication The antimicrobial activity of alcoholic, butanolic and chloroform extracts of leaves and roots of the plant Acanthus ilicifolius ware studied. Ampicillin and clotrimazole were used as standard antibacterial and antifungal agents respectively. The result of the study revealed that the alcoholic extract and chloroform extract of leaves exhibited strong inhibitory action against Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus niger and moderate inhibitory action against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus vulgaris. The rest of the extracts showed moderate activity. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC3040886/ /pubmed/21369453 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0250-474X.49134 Text en © Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Antimicrobial Activity of Acanthus ilicifolius (L.)
title Antimicrobial Activity of Acanthus ilicifolius (L.)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21369453
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0250-474X.49134
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