A Comparative study on the Antibacterial Properties of Traditional Oils produced from Umwai village, Mawlai town and Lyngkyrdem Village of the State of Meghalaya

Author: Sona Lyndem* and Jeremy Nelson Syiem*

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Abstract

The search for new drugs derived from plants is becoming a recent focus for research among ethno pharmacologists, botanists and microbiologists. Folk medicine, essential oils or compounds like alkaloids, flavonoids, etc. isolated, are being studied for anti-microbial properties to be used as alternatives to commercial antibiotics against various ailments. The state of Meghalaya, India, is well known for its production of traditional medicines. Their uses have been circulated among the local people as cures against skin infections, fever, arthritis, body aches etc. In this study, six oils collected from different parts of the state were tested for anti-bacterial properties against eight bacterial species obtained from MTCC, Chandigarh and MCC, Pune using Disc Diffusion and Agar Diffusion Methods. The results of this study showed that only the oil from Lyngkyrdem village showed zones of inhibition against three bacteria and against all bacteria in the disc diffusion and agar diffusion t

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Traditional oil, Lyngkyrdem village, Anti-microbial properties, Disc Diffusion, Agar Diffusion, Zone of inhibition.

Conclusion

The search for new drugs derived from plants is becoming a recent focus for research among ethno pharmacologists, botanists and microbiologists. Folk medicine, essential oils or compounds like alkaloids, flavonoids, etc. isolated, are being studied for anti-microbial properties to be used as alternatives to commercial antibiotics against various ailments. The state of Meghalaya, India, is well known for its production of traditional medicines. Their uses have been circulated among the local people as cures against skin infections, fever, arthritis, body aches etc. In this study, six oils collected from different parts of the state were tested for anti-bacterial properties against eight bacterial species obtained from MTCC, Chandigarh and MCC, Pune using Disc Diffusion and Agar Diffusion Methods. The results of this study showed that only the oil from Lyngkyrdem village showed zones of inhibition against three bacteria and against all bacteria in the disc diffusion and agar diffusion t

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Sona Lyndem* and Jeremy Nelson Syiem (2016). A Comparative study on the Antibacterial Properties of Traditional Oils produced from Umwai village, Mawlai town and Lyngkyrdem Village of the State of Meghalaya , Biological Forum – An International Journal