Antimicrobial and anthelmintic activity of new herbal siddha formulation
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 9
Abstract
Herbs have an inevitable role in human life. Remedies prepared from herbs are being used variedly for several centuries. Objective of the present study was to investigate the antimicrobial and anthelmintic activity of the new herbal siddha formulation. The formulation consists of fine powder of dried plants such as Phyllanthus amarus, Euphorbia hirta, Zingiber officinale, Aristolochia indica, Acorus calamus and Piper nigrum. Antimicrobial activity of the successive herbal formulation was evaluated against disc diffusion method. The anthelmintic activity was screened with the earth worm (Eisenia fetida) by the time for paralysis and death of worms. The results revealed that the siddha formulation showed effective inhibitory action against Aspergillus niger (30mm), Escherichia coli (25mm), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (21mm) and significant anthelmintic effects were observed on earth worm with 13 mins for paralysis and complete death within 30 mins at 300mg/ml concentration of siddha formulation. The experimental results showed promising anthelmintic and antimicrobial activity of this new herbal siddha formulation.
Authors and Affiliations
S. Sai Dhivya1 , P. Porkodi1 , K. T. Priyanka1 , A. Gugan1 , S. Mohamed Ajmal1 , L. Karthik*, M. S. Shree Devi*.
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- DOI 10.22192/ijcrms.2017.03.09.003
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