Open AccessANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF HETEROPHRAGMA ADENOPHYLLUM EXTRACTS AND EFFECTS OF LIGHT IRRADIATION
Author(s) -
Muhammad Shoaib Akhtar,
Sajid Bashir,
Nabeela Tabassam Sial
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
canadian journal of applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1925-7430
DOI - 10.21065/19257430.124.2
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , traditional medicine , medicinal plants , aqueous extract , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Medicinal plants have considerable widespread use as crude drugs in the primary health care of communities. Various plants have already been tested for their antimicrobial activity to discover new antimicrobial agents. In this investigation antimicrobial activities of aqueous and methanolic extracts of Heterophragma adenophyllum leaves and seeds were screened as these have been used since centuries in traditional medicine for the treatment of skin and urinary tract infections and also as antidiarrheol and antidiabetic agents