ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF ETHANOLIC LEAF EXTRACTS OF AEGLE MARMELOS (L) CORR.

Abstract

The present investigation aims to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of ethanolic leaf extracts of Aegle marmelos (L) Corr. on selected microbial strains. Results of the experiment depict that phytochemicals present in the ethanolic leaf extracts of A. marmelos exhibit considerable antibacterial activity. The inhibitory effect was both strain and dose dependent. Further, at concentration of 300µl and above, ethanolic leaf extracts of A. marmelos exhibited significant activity towards all the selected bacterial strains. However, B. subtilis and E. coli were more sensitive towards the treatment when compared to S. aureus, P. aeruginosa and K. pneumonia.