Department of Botany, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
Research Article
Antimicrobial Activity of Leaf Extracts of Tinospora cordifolia (Thunb) Miers
Author(s): Amina Tariq*, Ayesha Kiran, Sumera Javad and Kiran Shehzad
The purpose of present work was to check the Antibacterial activity of different extracts of Tinospora cordifolia.
Antibacterial activity of plant extract was checked against different bacterial species by using agar well diffusion
method. Bacterial strains used were Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus sp. and Brucella sp. Maximum zone of inhibition
observed in Methanol+Augmenton was (30.14 mm) against Bacillus sp. rather than Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Brucella sp. (29.04 mm and 25.21 mm) respectively. Maximum zone of inhibition observed in Ethyl acetate+Augmenton
was (42.10 mm) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa rather than Bacillus sp. (25.96 mm) respectively. Zone of inhibition
observed in n-Hexane+Augmenton was almost same against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus sp. (40.10 mm and
40.17 mm) respectively... View more»