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Antibacterial activity of
Asperugo procumbens L. against some human pathogenic
bacteria
M. Ahanjan1,
2*, D. C. Mohana1 and K. A. Raveesha1
1Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Studies in Botany and
Microbiology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore
570 006, India.
2Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, I.R
of Iran.
*Corresponding author.
E-mail:
ahanjan2006@yahoo.co.in.
Accepted 23 May, 2008 |
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Petroleum
ether, chloroform (CHCl3), ethanol (EtOH),
methanol (MeOH) and aqueous (H2O) extracts of
leaves of Asperugo procumbens L. were evaluated for
antibacterial activity against five human pathogenic
bacterial strains with the agar-well diffusion method. The
methanol extract was highly active against all the test
bacteria, followed by the ethanol and aqueous extracts. The
chloroform and petroleum ether extracts did not show any
antibacterial activity. The minimum inhibitory concentration
(MIC) of the methanol extract ranged between 1.56 and 12.5
mg/ml. The results of this study provide support for the use
of A. procumbens L. in Iran for traditional
medicines.
Key
words:
Asperugo procumbens,
antibacterial activity, methanol extract, traditional
medicine. |
