PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON ACTIVITY OF OCIMUM SANCTUM, AZARDIRACHTA INDICA, ANNONA SQUAMOSA, TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS AND EUCALYPTUS GLOBULES AGAINST NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE
Murugesan Karthikeyan1, Rajendran P2, Gnanasekaran Ashok3, Vikram Reddy E4, Anbalagan S5
1Microbiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Quest International University Perak, Ipoh. Malaysia.
2Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, India.
3Biotechnology, Faculty of Integrative Sciences & Technology,Quest International University Perak, Ipoh. Malaysia.
4Department of Microbiology,Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical sciences, Pondicherry, India.
5Department of Microbiology,Muthayammal college of Arts and Sciences,Namakkal, India.
ABSTRACT
The aim of the current study were to screen five plants Ocimum
sanctum, Azardirachta indica, Annona squamosa,Tribulus terrestris
and Eucalyptus globules for activity against Neisseria gonorrhoeae by
disc diffusion method, extracts of these Five plants were screened for
activity against N.gonorrhoeae. In our study, Aqueous extract of the
leaves of Eucalyptus globules showed a very high percentage of
inhibition.
Keywords: Disc diffusion method, N.gonorrhoeae, Extract
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