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IN VITRO EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF JATROPHA CURCAS

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  • The International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Bio-Science

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  • 2012

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Jatropha curcas is a Bio-diesel plant known for various medicinal uses. The present study was conducted to determine the antibacterial properties of crude extracts of leaves, stem, roots, bark and latex of Jatropha curcas plant extracted using various solvents like, water (room temperature and elevated temperature), methanol (room temperature and elevated temperature), ethanol (room temperature and elevated temperature), ethyl acetate and acetone. Extracts were used in a final concentration of 100 mg/ml for assessment of antibacterial properties against two gram negative bacteria namely Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a gram positive bacteria namely Staphylococcus aureus using agar well diffusion method. The standard antibiotic Tetracycline was used in a final concentration of 1 mg/ml. Latex of J. curcas showed maximum inhibitory zone among all the extracts prepared.
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283-290
  • English

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