Authors : Arun K. Zingare
Page Nos : 310-317
Description :
Secondary metabolites are active on the normal microbial flora that can be isolated from crude of medicinal plants leaves. Various kinds of microbial flora present on the surface of skin these are pathogenic as well as non-pathogenic. Sometime these microbial floras are susceptible by excretory substance or secondary metabolites such as derivatives of drug.
In methanol extracts of leaves and stems of Santalum album, is a plant species of the Santalaceae. Curcuma longa (Haldi, Ginger) were screened for their antimicrobial activity using the Well‐Agar Plate diffusion method. They were tested against isolates of Staphylococcus species like Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermis; Gram positive bacteria were present on normal skin.
The susceptibility of the microorganisms to the extracts of these plants was compared with isolates. The antimicrobial activities of these plants were discussed according to their phytochemical components.
