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Namrata Singh1, Rashmi Verma1 , Rabia Basri Aziz1, Aayushi Bhakta1 and Pramod Rawat2
1Department of Biotechnology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
2Department of Biotechnology, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Article Number: 9603 | © The Author(s). 2024
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2024;18(3):2057-2069. https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.18.3.56
Received: 30 May 2024 | Accepted: 08 August 2024 | Published online: 31 August 2024
Issue online: September 2024
Abstract

For millennia, people have successfully treated a wide range of illnesses, including bacterial infections, with different plant parts or extracts. “MDR strain” typically refers to a “multi-drug resistant strain” of a bacteria. In the context of infectious diseases, a multi-drug resistant strain refers to a strain of the pathogen that has acquired resistance to multiple drugs that are commonly used to treat infections caused by that specific pathogen. MDR strains can present significant challenges in healthcare settings as they limit the effectiveness of standard treatments and may require more aggressive or specialized approaches to manage the infection. The discdiffusion method was used in this investigation to test the antimicrobial properties of Petroleum ether, acetone, ethanol, methanol, and aqueous extracts of Ficus auriculata leaves against four bacterial strains namely Salmonella enteric serovar typhi, Salmonella enteric ser Paratyphi (MDR strain) Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. The findings showed that all of the investigated organisms (zone of inhibition of 0.5 ± 0.15 & 18 ± 1.7 mm) were significantly inhibited by the petroleum ether, ethanol, and methanol extracts, with the exception of Salmonella typhi (an 18 mm inhibitory zone). The restricted area (≤5) indicated moderate activity in the aqueous extracts. It’s crucial to remember that antimicrobial activity analysis of plant extracts is just one step in the process of identifying potential natural antimicrobial agents. Further studies, including the identification and isolation of specific bioactive compounds, toxicology assessments, and clinical trials, are required before any plant extract can be considered for use as a drug development.

Keywords

MDR Strain, Ficus auriculata, Disc Diffusion Method, Antimicrobial Activity, Drug Development

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