title: Antibacterial potentiality of Argemone mexicana solvent extracts against some pathogenic bacteria.
abstract: The sensitivity of two Gram positive (Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis) and two Gram negative (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) pathogenic multi-drug resistant bacteria was tested against the crude extracts (cold aqueous, hot aqueous, and methanol extracts) of leaves and seeds of Argemone mexicana L. (Papaveraceae) by agar well diffusion method. Though all the extracts were found effective, yet the methanol extract showed maximum inhibition against the test microorganisms followed by hot aqueous extract and cold aqueous extract.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Research Unit, Parasitology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Indranil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.forename: Soroj Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Soumendranath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Goutam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chandra
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D031674:Argemone / Q000737:chemistry*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts