Antimicrobial Screening of Stem Extract of the Folklore Medicinal Plant, Acalypha Fruticosa Forssk
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Antimicrobial activity of the folklore medicinal plant species, Acalypha fruticosa in the part of stem bark by using three alcoholic solvents viz; petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and methanol were tested against ten human pathogenic bacteria viz., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, P. stutzeri, Escherichia coli, Micrococcus sp., Lactobacillus sp., Servatia sp., Moraxetta sp., Bacillus subtilis, B. Research Article ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF STEM EXTRACT OF THE FOLKLORE MEDICINAL PLANT, ACALYPHA FRUTICOSA FORSSK THAMBIRAJ. J AND S. PAULSAMY* PG and Research Department of Botany, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore 641 029, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2011