Novel herbal formulation for helminthic and microbial infections
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 8
Abstract
The usage of herbal medicine is inevitable in day-to-day life. The objective of the present study is to investigate the antimicrobial and anthelmintic activity of the new herbal 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 (Eicinia fetida) by the time for paralysis and death of worms. The results revealed that the formulation showed effective inhibitory action against Aspergillus niger (30mm), Escherichia coli (25mm), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (21mm) and significant Anthelmintic effects were observed on earth worm within 13 minutes for paralysis and complete death within 30 minutes at 300mg/ml concentration of formulation. This experimental results show the promising Anthelmintic and Antimicrobial activity of this new herbal formulation.
Authors and Affiliations
R. Raseeha1 , S. Mohamed Ajmal1 , Uma A. P2
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- EP ID EP569704
- DOI 10.22192/ijcrms.2017.03.08.002
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