Antimicrobial activity of ethanolic leaf extract of Sida spinosa linn.(Malvaceae)

The present study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial property of sida spinosa Linn (malvaceae) leaves against certain bacterial stains causing microbial infection using cup plate method .The test organism were Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subsitlis, Pseudomonas aeroginosa, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans Aspergillus niger. All the different concentration of ethanolic leaf extracts of sida spinosa exhibited the concentration dependant significant anti microbial activity comparable with ciprofloxacin 5μg/disc and amphotericin B 30μg/disc were used respectively as standard for bacteria and fungi stains.

Author(s): S. Navaneethakrishnan, P. Suresh Kumar, T. Satyanarayana, S. Mohideen and G. Kiran Kumar

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