02052nas a2200253 4500008004100000245008800041210006900129260001900198300001200217490000600229520130800235653001801543653001501561653000901576653001601585653000801601100002101609700002101630700001801651700001701669700002801686700002101714856006301735 2010 eng d00aAntimicrobial Screening of Ethnobotanically Important Stem bark of Medicinal Plants0 aAntimicrobial Screening of Ethnobotanically Important Stem bark  cSeptember 2010 a254-2570 v23 a

Background: The stem barks are the rich sources of tannins and other phenolic compounds. Tannins inhibited the growth of various fungi, yeast, bacteria and virus. Hence, ten stem barks of ethnomedicinally important plants were screened for antibacterial and antifungal activities against human pathogenic strains. Methods: Air-dried and powdered stem bark of each plant was extracted with 50% aqueous ethanol, lyophilized and the dried crude extracts were used for the screening against 11 bacteria and 8 fungi. Antibacterial and antifungal activities were performed according to microdilution methods by NCCLS. Results: The plants Prosopis chilensis, Pithecellobium dulce, Mangifera indica showed significant antibacterial and antifungal activities against Streptococcus pneumonia, Enterobacter aerogenes, Klebsiella pneumonia and Candida albicans with MIC of 0.08mg/ml. Pithecellobium dulce bark also showed significant antibacterial activity against Bacillus cereus. Conclusion: The bark of Pithecellobium dulce has more or less similar activity against the known antibiotic and may be considered as potent antimicrobial agent for various infectious diseases.

10aAntibacterial10aAntifungal10aBark10aEthnobotany10aMIC1 aSingh, Meenakshi1 aKhatoon, Sayyada1 aSingh, Shweta1 aKumar, Vivek1 aRawat, Ajay, Kumar Sing1 aMehrotra, Shanta uhttps://phcogres.com/article/2010/2/4/1041030974-849069127