A comparative account of antibacterial efficacy of Madhuca longifolia (J Konig) J.F. Macbr and Butea monosperma (Lam) Taub flower extracts

Author: Avishek Ghosh

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Abstract

Plants and it’s various parts have been used with medicinal effects from the ancient times. Numerous parts of plants including leaves, flowers, barks, roots, obviously fruits and total plant body may be considered as source of variety of medicinal values. The phytochemicals, precisely the secondary metabolites have potent antimicrobial activities. Here, in this particular study, the antibacterial effect of flower extracts of Madhuca longifolia and Butea monosperma against enteric pathogens like Shigella flexneri, Salmonella enterica Typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli (control) was tested. Flowers of above mentioned plants were collected and extracted with methanol and methanolic extracts were made into powder form. The preservation of flowers in their original state as far as possible was a challenging task in this study since loss of original quality could influence actual effect of the phytochemicals on the target bacteria. These powdered extracts were used to treat enteric pathogens to study different growth and pathogenicity related properties. Inhibition of growth and other pathogenic potentials by the use of these extracts were evident in case of the above mentioned well-known enteric pathogens from this particular study. The obtained result indicated that, Madhuca longifolia flower extract was more potent compared to Butea monosperma flower extract in antibacterial activity.

Keywords

Phytochemicals, Ethnomedicine, Biofilm, Minimal Inhibitory Concentration, Minimal Bactericidal Concentration

Conclusion

The present day scenario of growing multiple drug resistance amongst various bacterial pathogens places a challenging task to treat most of the bacterial diseases. To overcome this problem, the trend of using complementary and alternative medicines is expanding in many developing countries in recent years. In this aspect, the ethnomedicinal values of these plants may be revisited following their usage from ancient times. This particular study throws light on the usage of flower extracts of B. monosperma and M. longifolia against the important enteric pathogens and most significantly against the pathogen P. aeruginosa. The findings from this study will be helpful in strengthening the research on alternative medicines which demands the further detailed profiling of these types of bio-active compounds in combating various diseases in future.

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How to cite this article

Avishek Ghosh (2023). A comparative account of antibacterial efficacy of Madhuca longifolia (J Konig) J.F. Macbr and Butea monosperma (Lam) Taub flower extracts. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(6): 284-290.