Antibacterial activity

This current study investigates the antibacterial properties of extracts from different parts of the plant Pedilium murex, focusing on their efficacy against several bacterial strains, including Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. With increase in number of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, the current study sought to investigate alternative sources of antimicrobial agents in the form of plant-derived compounds. The study begins with preparation of extracts from the leaves, stems, and flowers of Pedilium murex using different solvents—distilled water, methanol, chloroform, and petroleum ether—at a concentration of 100 μg/l. The results of the study showed that leaf extracts were particularly potent in controlling the bacterial infection by Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus, especially when chloroform or petroleum ether was used as a solvent. However, in contrast to this, the stem and flower extracts showed minimal antibacterial activity against the tested bacterial strains. Notably, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was found to be resistant to all the extracts, highlighting the challenges in treatment of infections by this pathogen. The current study underscores the importance of solvent choice in extraction of bioactive compounds as well as their varying efficacy against specific bacteria. Overall, Pedilium murex has been shown to be a promising natural source of antibacterial agents, especially for combating infections caused by E. coli, S. aureus, and Bacillus. The findings of the current study will contribute to deeper understanding of plant based antimicrobial agents while also highlighting their potential role in overcoming the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

Grewia asiatica L. is a medicinal plant, used for various health benefits and disease treatment. The leaves of the plant has been widely used due to its potential antimicrobial and anti-irritant properties The current research focuses on investigating the phytochemical composition of the methanolic extract of G. asiatica L. leaves using GC-MS. The methanolic extract of leaves were also analyzed for its antibacterial potential against Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and potential antifungal activity against Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans and Fusarium solani using well diffusion assay. The chemical composition of leaf extract revealed presence of total 44 compounds namely n-Hexadecanoic acid, Octadecanoic acid, 2,3-dihydro-Benzofuran and Heneicosane. Leaf extract has shown potent antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus (IZ=16±1.88mm), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (15±2.23mm), Fusarium solani (16±0.35mm) and Aspergillus niger (13±0.34mm). The conducted research and the results observed has expanded the presence of significant antimicrobial potential in the methanolic leaf extract Grewia asiatica L., that further substantiate the use of the tested leaf extract as an effective source of natural antimicrobial compound drug and its commercial application.

Present study was carried out to analyze antibacterial activity of different parts of Capparis decidua, for this root, stem, fruits and whole plant were collected and extracted with different solvents such as water, alcohol and petroleum ether, antibacterial activity of these extracts were determined by disc diffusion method against E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis, during this work maximum antibacterial activity against E. coli was reported in two extracts (i) Capparis whole plant with Micellar media-petroleum ether-alcohol extract (ii) Capparis root with water extract, and against Staphylococcus aureus maximum antibacterial activity was reported in Capparis stem extract with water-petroleum ether-alcohol extract, and Capparis root with micellar media extract have maximum antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis.