Phytotherapy Research
Volume 14, Issue 2 pp. 118-119
Short Communication

Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Asparagus racemosus Willd. root

Subhash C. Mandal, 

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Subhash C. Mandal

Division of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta - 700 032, India

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A. Nandy, 

A. Nandy

Division of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta - 700 032, India

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M. Pal, 

M. Pal

Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta - 700 032, India

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B. P. Saha, 

B. P. Saha

Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta - 700 032, India

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First published: 23 February 2000
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(200003)14:2<118::AID-PTR493>3.0.CO;2-P
Citations: 38

Abstract

Different concentrations (50, 100, 150 µg/mL) of the methanol extract of the roots of Asparagus racemosus Willd. showed considerable in vitro antibacterial efficacy against Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri, Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas putida, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus. The effects produced by the methanol extract were compared with chloramphenicol. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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