Abstract

TWO ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY THE TRIBAL PEOPLE OF CHHATARPUR DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ANTI BACTERIAL ACTIVITY

Yogesh Chaturvedi*, Dr. Manjusha Saxena

ABSTRACT

This district chhatarpur is know after the name of the great warrior of the region Maharaja Chhatrasal. It is a district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Gond, Saur, Kondar, Sansiya are the names of the tribes of the district. Saur and Kondar are the main tribes. Both are enlisted in the list of tribes, declared by ministry of tribal affairs, Government of Madhya Pradesh . Saur is mentioned at serial number 44 and kondar is mentioned at 22. The ethnomedicinal study of the tribes shows that there are some plants in local flora , which are being used in treatment of bacterial infection. As per the identification from Botanical survey of India , Allahabad , the two such plants are Enicostemma axillare and solanum virginianum . The ethanolic extracts of both plant have been evaluated against six bacterial strains . The results indicated that both plants exhibited antibacterial activity against six bacterial strains . All the bacterial strains were obtained from microbial type culture and collection , institute of microbial technology Chandigarh , India – The coustomer number is 8445.

Keywords: Sour, Kondar , Chhatarpur , Antibacterial, Ethanolic extract.