<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mrinmoy Nag</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pulok k Mukherjee</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajarshi Biswas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joydeb Chanda</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amit Kar</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Evaluation of Antimicrobial Potential of Some Indian Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ananas comosus Merrill</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Annona squamosa</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antibacterial</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Capsicum annuum cayenne</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stereospermum suaveolens Roxb</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Viscum articulatum Burm.</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">September 2016</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">525-533</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Stereospermum suaveolens&lt;/em&gt; Roxb., &lt;em&gt;Viscum articulatum&lt;/em&gt; Burm., &lt;em&gt;Annona squamosa, Capsicum annuum&lt;/em&gt; cayenne, &lt;em&gt;Ananas comosus&lt;/em&gt; Merrill. are used for the management of microbial infection in Ayurveda. The present study was designed to standardize the extract of &lt;em&gt;S. suaveolens&lt;/em&gt; bark (SSB), &lt;em&gt;V. articulatum&lt;/em&gt; aerial part (VAAP), &lt;em&gt;A. squamosa&lt;/em&gt; leaf (ASL), &lt;em&gt;C. annuum&lt;/em&gt; fruit (CACF), &lt;em&gt;A. comosus&lt;/em&gt; fruit (ACF) and performed antibacterial activity. &lt;strong&gt;Methods: &lt;/strong&gt;The antibacterial activity of the five extracts were evaluated against certain bacteria such as &lt;em&gt;B. subtilis, B. cereus, S. aureus &lt;/em&gt;(gram positive); &lt;em&gt;E. coli, S. typhi,&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;P. aureugenosa&lt;/em&gt; (gram negative) by disc diffusion method, time course assay, pH sensitivity assay and minimum inhibitory concentration (MICs) through broth micro-dilution method. &lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;The plants extracts VAAP, ASL, and CACF showed potent inhibitory activity against &lt;em&gt;S. aureus&lt;/em&gt; with MIC 728, 742, and 698 &lt;em&gt;&amp;mu;&lt;/em&gt;g ml&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;, respectively, while CACF showed inhibitory activity against &lt;em&gt;B. subtilis&lt;/em&gt; with MIC 690 &lt;em&gt;&amp;mu;&lt;/em&gt;g ml&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;. The results further demonstrated that the inhibitory activity of CACF against &lt;em&gt;E. coli &lt;/em&gt;with MIC 760 &lt;em&gt;&amp;mu;&lt;/em&gt;g ml&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;. &lt;em&gt;P. aeruginosa&lt;/em&gt; was inhibited by ASL and CACF with MIC 1100 and 1120 &lt;em&gt;&amp;mu;&lt;/em&gt;g ml&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;, respectively. The ASL showed notable MBC against the tested microorganism. Moreover, all extracts were completely inactivated bacterial strains (except &lt;em&gt;B. cereus, S. typhi&lt;/em&gt;) within 2-10 h of exposure, determined by time course assay. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion: &lt;/strong&gt;The outcomes of our study elucidate that standardized extracts of &lt;em&gt;A. comosus, A. squamosa, C. annuum, S. suaveolens, &lt;/em&gt;and&lt;em&gt; V. articulatum&lt;/em&gt; may be used as natural antimicrobial agents.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">525</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mrinmoy Nag, Pulok k Mukherjee *, Rajarshi Biswas, Joydeb Chanda, Amit Kar &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700032, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
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