NUTRITIONAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF CALOTROPIS PROCERA BOMBOM (GIANT MILK WEED)
ABSTRACT
To investigate in vitro anti microbial activity of aerial parts of Calotropisprocera and Centellaasatica Linn., that have been popularly used as folk medicines. The organic solvent plant extracts are tested on the various micro-organisms including bacteria and fungi using agar well diffusion technique. The length of the inhibition zone was measured in millimeters from the edge of the well to the edge of the inhibition zone. Calotropisprocera showed significant to moderate activity against (14mm) Pseudomonasmarginalis and (21mm) Streptococcusmutans with 100mg/ml DMSO plant drug concentration. The results of (MICs) values are lowest at 66 and highest at 152mg/ml for Calotropisasatica. The extracts were assessed in an effort to validate the potential activity of the medicinal plant plants against microbes.