Antimicrobial activity of Indigofera glandulosa (wild)

Our present study is aimed to detect the medicinal uses of the plant Indigofera glandulosa (wild) belonging to the family Fabaceae. The in vitro screening of antimicrobial properties of aqueous, organic solvent extracts (acetone, chloroform, ethanol and dimethyl formamide) and different combinations of extracts were evaluated against the growth of human pathogens viz. Pseudomonas putida, P. aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Aeromonas liquefaciens, Alcaligenes sp., Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, A. fumigatus, A. erythrocephalus and Fusarium sp.. Dimethyl formamide extracts of leaf and root expressed higher activity. Different combination of leaf extracts showed promising antimicrobial activity against tested pathogens. The ethanol and chloroform extracts showed moderate activity

Author(s): M.Prabakaran*, N.Chandrakala and A.Panneerselvam

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