title: Evaluation ofin vitroantimicrobial potential and GC-MS analysis ofCamellia sinensisandTerminalia arjuna.
abstract: Traditionally,Camellia sinensisandTerminalia arjunaare being used widely to cure various diseases like cardiovascular diseases, cancer etc. In the present study, extracts of these plants were evaluated for their antimicrobial activities against some human pathogenic bacteriaviz.E. coli,P. aeruginosa, S. aureusand fungusC. albicans.In-vitroinhibition of these pathogenic microorganisms produced inhibition zone ranging from 9 to 18 mm. MIC values of these plant extracts ranged from 6.25 to 12.5 mg/ml. MBC ofC. sinensisforE. coli,P. aeruginosaandS. aureuswas found to be 50 and 12.5 mg/ml, respectively. In case ofT. arjuna, the MBC of all the tested microorganisms was found to be 25 mg/ml. The MFC ofC. sinensisandT. arjunaagainstC. albicanswas observed to be 50 and 25 mg/ml, respectively. GC-MS analysis ofC. sinensisandT. arjunaextract identified 13 and 21 compounds, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Ambala College of Engineering and Applied Research, Devsthali-133101, Ambala, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Ambala College of Engineering and Applied Research, Devsthali-133101, Ambala, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Mukesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Antimicrobial activity; Camellia sinensis; GC–MS; MIC; P. aeruginosa; Terminalia arjuna