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In vitro antimicrobial efficacy of leaf essential oils of Chukrasia tabularis Adr. Juss. and Melia dubia Cav. (Meliaceae)
Author(s) -
Nagalakshmi M. A. H.,
Thangadurai D.,
Pullaiah T.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/ptr.1147
Subject(s) - meliaceae , antimicrobial , biology , fusarium oxysporum , candida albicans , traditional medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , botany , bacteria , medicine , genetics
Abstract The essential oils of Chukrasia tabularis and Melia dubia were tested for their antimicrobial activity against ten different pathogenic microorganisms responsible for human pathologies using standard antimicrobial assays. Chukrasia tabularis leaf oil exhibited strong antibiotic activities against Proteus vulgaris and Fusarium oxysporum and did not show any activity against the tested bacteria . Melia dubia leaf essential oil exhibited bacteriostatic and fungistatic activities against Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Escherichia coli , Klebsiella pneumoniae and Fusarium oxysporum and Candida albicans respectively. The inhibitory activities of both essential oils are comparable with that of respective standards. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.