Screening of Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Siddha Herbal Drug Kodagasalai Chooranam (Justicia Procumbens)

Abstract

This present study aims to validate the antimicrobial activity of Siddha World Journal of Pharmaceutical ResearchEthanol and chloroform extracts showed moderate activity against gram positive bacteria.The antibacterial activity was more apparent in ethanol extract as compared to chloroform extract for all tested organisms. The aqueous and ethanol extracts showed no activity against the yeast Candida albicans. But Chloroform extract showed marked inhibitory effect against Candida albicans. It can be concluded that the results of this study support traditional use ofJusticia procumbens for its antimicrobial activity in Siddha system of medicine.