Assessment of antimicrobial prospective of crude extracts of leaves, bark and fruits of ziziphuslotus L.
International Journal of Development Research
Assessment of antimicrobial prospective of crude extracts of leaves, bark and fruits of ziziphuslotus L.
Received 17th May, 2019; Received in revised form 06th June, 2019; Accepted 11th July, 2019; Published online 28th August, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Partha Chattopadhyay et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Ziziphus lotus, belonging to the Rhamnaceae family, is a deciduous shrub which generally grows in arid and semiarid regions of the globe. The aim of the present study was to assess the antimicrobial activity of solvents with wide range of polarity of various parts of Z. lotus against Klebsiellapneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegamatisusing agar well diffusion method. The collected plant part was processed for themaceration extraction followed by solvent evaporation. The antimicrobial activity was assessed by agar well diffusion method. In the present study, hexane extract of bark was found to have more antibacterial potential against K. pneumoniae and water extracts of the same having more antifungal activity against C. albicans. The methanolic and chloroform extracts of leaves also exhibited antimicrobial activities. No antimicrobial activity was reported in fruits.
