COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF BITTER AND NON BITTER LEAVES OF UNUSUAL AZADIRECTA INDICA

Shirsat Shubhangi*, Kadam Ambadas and Bagdiya Priyanka

ABSTRACT

Medicinal plants are part of humans since the dawn of civilization. In recent years, multiple drug resistance has developed due to indiscriminate use of synthetic drugs. This force the need to screen medicinal plants for their novel compounds, as plants based drugs are biodegradable, harmless and with lesser side effects. We selected the Azadiracta indica plant from the locality of Hingoli district having
both bitter and non bitter leaves on the same plant. The alcoholic and aqueous extracts of Azadiracta indica plant collected were evaluated for antimicrobial activity by Disc diffusion method different organisms. To determine inhibitory the inhibitory effect the activity of Azadiracta indica against different organisms was tested by serial broth dilution method and was expressed by minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC).

Keywords: Azadiracta indica, aqueous extract, alcoholic extract, Antimicrobial activity.