Antimicrobial studies of stem bark extract and their phytoconstituent from Semecarpus anacardium L.

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Year 2018 Vol 7 Issue 1
Document Type : ORIGINAL ARTICLE
¹Venkatesh, ²Krishna V, ³Jayabaskaran C, ⁴Pradeepa K, ⁵Sudhesh L Shastri, ⁶Lingaraju GM
¹Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biotechnology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta 577451, Karnataka, India;2Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India;
²Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biotechnology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta 577451, Karnataka, India
³Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India
⁴Department of Biotechnology, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 560054, India
⁵Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biotechnology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta 577451, Karnataka, India
⁶Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biotechnology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta 577451, Karnataka, India
Abstract

To investigate the antimicrobial properties of stem bark extract of S. anacardium and their phytoconstituent using agar well diffusion and in silico docking methods.
Methodology: In vitro antibacterial activity of petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol stem bark extract of S. anacardium was screened against both gram negative and gram positive bacteria.

Keywords
Antimicrobial activity, Klebsiella pneumonia, Ciprofloxacin, Amphotericin B, Docking studies
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