Antimicrobial Activity of Root Bark of Salacia reticulata

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Antimicrobial activity of chloroform and methanolic extracts of Salacia reticulata were tested against gram positive, gram negative and fungus strains using zone of inhibition and minimum inhibitory concentrations. It was observed that both extracts have inhibitory effect towards all microorganisms used in the test. Chloroform extract was more effective than methanolic extract.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Anc Sci Life

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Anc Sci Life

Journal ID (publisher-id): ASL

Title: Ancient Science of Life

Publisher: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd (India )

ISSN (Print): 0257-7941

ISSN (Electronic): 2249-9547

Publication date (Print): Jul-Sep 2005

Volume: 25

Issue: 1

Pages: 4-7

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[1]School of Pharmacy, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Takshashila Campus, Ring road, Indore, India

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Publisher ID: ASL-25-4

PMC ID: 3330890

PubMed ID: 22557181

SO-VID: 58b59089-742c-42da-a5f8-f7719b4ce116

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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Date received : 14 December 2004

Date accepted : 10 May 2005

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