Volume No. 10(1) 15 June,2021
Antibacterial potential of eleven species of pteridophytes on Southern Tamil Nadu, India
MUTHIAH Maridass
Abstract To investigate the antibacterial potential of selected eleven species of pteridophytes of Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu active against the three human bacterial pathogens. All the selected species of pteridophytes were air- dried, powdered and separately extracted with 90 % ethanol for cold method and their extracts were evaluated for an antibacterial activity was done by disk diffusion method. The results of the 90% ethanolic extract of all the selected pteridophytes had the best antibacterial activity observed against Salmonella typhi, Vibrio cholerae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Keywords : Pteridophytes, extract, antibacterial activity, Pathogen