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TY - JOUR
AU - Archana Giri, M. Jayaram Prakash Rao and
PY - 2010/10/26
Y2 - 2025/09/23
TI - Antimicrobial Activity of the Extracts of Salacia oblonga Wall.
JF - Recent Research in Science and Technology
JA - RRST
VL - 2
IS - 10
SE - Pharmacy & Pharmacology
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UR - https://www.updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/rrst/article/view/524
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AB - <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: center 2.75in right 5.5in left 6.25in;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Salacia oblonga</span></em><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> Wall. belonging to the family celastraceae is used in the treatment of diabetes, rheumatism, gonorrhoea, itches, asthma, wound healing, amenorrhea and ear diseases. It is a woody climber distributed in Sri Lanka and Southern regions of India. In the present study antimicrobial activity of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Salacia oblonga</em> was evaluated against pathogenic strains, gram +ve <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Staphylococcus aureus</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Staphylococcus epidermidis</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Enterococcus faecalis</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bacillus subtilis</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Listeria monocytogenes</em> and gram -ve <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Klebsiella pneumoniae</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Enterobacter aerogene<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">s</span></em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Enterobacter cloacae</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Escherichia coli,</em> <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Salmonella typhimurium</em>. Ethyl acetate (EtOAc) aerial and root part extracts of <em>Salacia oblonga</em> have shown good activity towards all the pathogenic species. The zones of inhibition in the acidic EtOAc aerial and root extracts were measured to assess the antimicrobial activity. </span></p>
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