Antibacterial Activity of Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight. & Arn. (Asclepidaceae) Kalidass C.1,*, Glory M.2, Borgio Francis3, Manickam V.S.1 1Centre for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, St.Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, India 2Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, St. Mary's College, Thoothukudi -628 001, Tamil Nadu, India 3Genecity Laboratory, Kothrud -411 038, Pune, India *Corresponding author: E Mail: kalidass_brothers@yahoo.com
Online published on 11 June, 2014. Abstract Leptadenia reticulata is used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of several diseases. The antibacterial activity of L. reticulata was evaluated using the “disc diffusion method”. Amongst the three extracts tested, chloroform extract showed high antibacterial activity against E. coli, alcoholic extract against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and petroleum ether extract against Klebsilla pneumonia Top Keywords Leptadenia reticulate, Asclepiadaceae, Medicinal plant, Antimicrobial activity. Top |