Catharanthus roseus (L.).G. Don, a highly valued medicinal plant suffers from a serious disease. A survey on the symptom and severity of the leaf blight of C. roseus was performed in the nurseries of the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences (IFESCU), Bangladesh Council of Industrial Research (BCSIR) and Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI), Bangladesh. An observation was also...

Methanolic extracts of Vitex negundo (Nochi), Coleus amboinicus (Karpuravalli), Hylocereus polyrhyzus (Dragon fruit) and Andrographis paniculata (Hempedu Bumi) were evaluated in an effort to identify antibacterial compounds against clinical isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Coleus amboinicus crude methanolic (CACM) leaves extract inhibited MRSA growth completely at...