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Antibacterial activity of the Leaf, Stem and Root Powders of Gmelina asiatica L.

A. Shibu1*, S. M. Sundara Pandian2 and S. Dhanam3

1Department of Plant Biology and Bio-Technology, Government Thirumagal Mills College,Gudiyattam.

2Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India.

3Department of Botany, Arignar Anna Arts College, Villupuram, India.

ABSTRACT: Plant are the basic source of knowledge of modern medicine. India is a varietal emporium of medicinal plants and is one of the richest countries in the world in regard to genetic resources of medicinal plants. The present study deals with the Antibacterial activity of Gmelina asiatica L. The stem, root, leaf are powdered and their extracts have been taken from Acetone, Benzene, Chloroform. It is found that the plant extracts have Antibacterial activity against the following nine microbes. Bacillus subtilis, Micrococcus luteus, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pesudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis, Escherichia coli.

KEYWORDS: Antibacterial activity; Gmelina asiatica L.; modern medicine

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