TY - JOUR AU - Praveen, RP AU - Nair, Ashalantha PY - 2014/12/25 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Comparative Study on the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Methanolic Extract of Root, Callus and Fruit Extracts of Myxopyrum smilacifolium Blume JF - International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology JA - Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol VL - 2 IS - 4 SE - Research Articles: Biological Sciences DO - 10.3126/ijasbt.v2i4.11362 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJASBT/article/view/11362 SP - 521-524 AB - <p>The aim of the present study was to compare the antimicrobial efficacy of methanolic extract of root, callus and fruit of <em>Myxopyrum smilacifolium </em>Blume. Antimicrobial activity was tested using agar well diffusion with four bacterial strains viz: <em>Escherechia coli, Enterococcus faecalis</em>, <em>Bacillus subtilis </em>and <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>of which <em>E. coli </em>alone was gram negative. The fungal strain employed was <em>Candida albicans</em>. Root extracts shown to be effective only against <em>B. subtilis</em>. Fruit extracts showed the maximum antimicrobial activity against all the microbial species considered for the current study except against <em>S. aureus</em>. Highlight of the present study was the antimicrobial activity of callus extracts.</p> <p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijasbt.v2i4.11362">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijasbt.v2i4.11362</a> &nbsp;</p><p>Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol, Vol. 2(4): 521-524</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -