IN VITRO ANTI MICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SIDDHA DRUG KASTURI KARUPPU
M. Ramani M.D. (S)*, M. K. Tamil Muhil M.D. (S), S. Selvakumar B.S.M.S. M.Sc (Medical Physiology)
ABSTRACT
Siddha system of medicine is one of the traditional Indian medicines. Siddha system includes herbs, minerals, metallic salts and animal products. Kasturi karuppu is a herbo-mineral Siddha medicine mentioned in our Siddha literature indicated for rhinitis, unknown cause of fever, cough and bronchial asthma. In this study Kasturi karuppu was investigated for analysis of microbial load and antimicrobial potential against enteric pathogens like Salmonella species, E.coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Proteus vulgaris, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa using cup plate method. The findings of the study showed that the microbial load and has excellent anti-microbial activity of ethanolic extracts of Kasturi karuppu.
Keywords: Kasturi karuppu, Siddha medicine, antimicrobial activity, herbo-mineral formulation.
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