Manish Thakur1 and Tejinder Kaur*
1Department of Microbiology, D.A.V. University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Department of Zoology, D.A.V. University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Email: tejinder10034@davuniversity.org
Received-04.09.2021, Revised-16.09.2021, Accepted-26.09.2021
Abstract: Antibiotic resistance is prevalent in today’s world, with harmful bacteria becoming resistant to a broad range of antibacterial agents. As a result, there is an urgent need in today’s society to discover a natural antibiotic. In herbal medicine, plant species with medicinal value are used to treat a variety of illnesses that are caused by microbial infections. Using the stem and leaves of Tinospora cordifolia, the researchers in this study evaluated the antibacterial activity of the two plant parts in terms of stem and leaves. Three bacterial strains were acquired in lyophilized form from the Microbial type culture collection centre in Chandigarh, India, and were revived using Nutrient agar. Ethanol was used to extract bioactive chemicals from the plant species. The extracts of both plant sections had antibacterial activity against all of the bacterial strains tested, although there was a significant variation in their antibacterial effectiveness between the two plant parts.
Keywords: Antibacterial, Ethanol, Resistance, Tinospora cordifolia
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