Pharmaceutica Analytica Acta

Ravi Kant Agrawal

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• Research Article
  Antimicrobial Activity of Methanolic Extract and Ether Extract of Ageratum conyzoides
  Author(s): Bhoj R Singh, Vinodh Kumar OR, Dharmendra K Sinha, Ravi Kant Agrawal, Prasanna Vadhana, Monika Bharadwaj and Shiv Varan SinghBhoj R Singh, Vinodh Kumar OR, Dharmendra K Sinha, Ravi Kant Agrawal, Prasanna Vadhana, Monika Bharadwaj and Shiv Varan Singh
  
  Ageratum conyzoides, a weed prevalent in India, is known for its several therapeutic uses to control infections. In the present study we compared the antimicrobial potential of its ether extract and methanolic extract with ciprofloxacin on 294 strains of Gram positive bacteria (GPBs), 575 strains of Gram negative bacteria (GNBs), 15 yeast and 5 mould strains of clinical and nonclinical origin belonging to 49 genera and more than 155 species using disc diffusion assay. The microbial strains in the study were isolated from samples of abiotic (41) and biotic (101) environment, foods (81), clinically sick (441), dead (108) and healthy (75) animals and human beings, and 42 were reference strains. The study revealed that there was no appreciable difference in antimicrobial activity of ether extract (ACEE) or methanolic extract (ACME) of A. conyzoides. A total of 214 (24.1%) strains were sen.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2153-2435.1000471

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