ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SOLVENT EXTRACTS OF POLYGONATUM CIRRHIFOLIUM (MAHAMEDHA) AND HABENERIA INTERMEDIA (RIDDHI)

Abstract

Antimicrobial drugs have caused a dramatic change not only of the treatment of infectious diseases but of the mankind as a whole. Antimicrobial chemotherapy made remarkable advances, However, in reality emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases have left us facing a counter charge from infections. Infections with drug resistant organisms remain pertinent problem in clinical practice that is difficult to solv. (In the present study, the antimicrobial activity of the polar (methanolic) plant extracts viz. Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Mahamedha) and Habeneria intermedia (Riddhi) were determined at 200μg/ml. The results showed significant antimicrobial activity against the pathogens studied viz. Staphylococcus epidermidis, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. The potent antimicrobial extracts were having MIC values in the range of 150-200 μg/ml.