ISSN 2319-1910 (Print)

Fern Journal

Pteridological Research 

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APC

Peer - Reviewed Journal

 Volume   No. 10(1)                                 15 June,2021

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Antibacterial potential of eleven species of pteridophytes on Southern Tamil Nadu, India

MUTHIAH Maridass

Abstract

To investigate the antibacterial potential of selected eleven species of  pteridophytes of  Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu active against  the three human bacterial pathogens. All the  selected species  of pteridophytes were air- dried, powdered and  separately extracted with 90 % ethanol for  cold method and their extracts were evaluated for an antibacterial activity was done by disk diffusion method.  The results of the 90% ethanolic extract of all the selected pteridophytes had the best antibacterial activity observed against Salmonella typhi, Vibrio cholerae  and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 

 

 Keywords : Pteridophytes, extract, antibacterial activity, Pathogen