Antibacterial activities of wild rhizomatous plants - Curcuma aromatica, Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) and synergistic effects of both collected from southern Western Ghats, India

R. Suresh¹ , S. Thampiraj² , ³ , A. Stephen⁴

1. Department of Botany, Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil, India.
2. Department of Botany, Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil, India.
3. Department of Botany, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College (Autonomous), Mylapore, India.

Correspondence should be addressed to: chavalsur15@gmail.com.

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.5 , Issue.2 , pp.7-13, Apr-2018

CrossRef-DOI:   https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v5i2.713

Online published on Apr 30, 2018

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Abstract :
Rhizome extracts of Curcuma aromatica and Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) from southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India were investigated for their antibacterial activity by agar well diffusion method against bacterial human pathogens such as Escherichia coli, β-haemo streptococci, Klebsiella penumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The study revealed that except Pseudomonas aeruginosa, all the pathogens were inhibited by various extracts (Methanol, Ethanol, n-Butanol and Acetone) of Curcuma spp. sometimes far better than the control antibiotic Amoxicillin. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was inhibited by n-Butanol extract of C. longa as equal as standard antibiotic. These results clearly elucidates that Curcuma aromatica and Curcuma longa collected from wild have higher antibacterial activity than that of standard antibiotic.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Antibacterial activity, Curcuma aromatica, Curcuma longa, Western Ghats

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