aDepartment. of Botany; St. Mary's P. G. College, Vidisha, M. P., India. E-mail: drmilin_agrawal@yahoo.com
bDepartment of Sericulture, Resham Project, Seronj, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India. E-mail: goyal_surendra72@yahoo.com
cDepartment of Botany, Govt. S.N.G. College, Bhopal, M. P., India. E-mail: alok_varma43@yahoo.com
dDepartment of Zoology, Govt. Banzeer Science and Commerce College, Bhopal, M. P., India. E-mail: alok_varma43@yahoo.com
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Online published on 7 August, 2013.
The authors investigated the bactericidal action of Vitex nigundo (Nirgundi), an endemic aromatic shrub against the dermatophytic bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes using disc diffusion method. The different extracts of the leaves of Vitex nigundo have been found to inhibit the growth of bacterial strains. Petroleum ether and alcoholic extracts revealed that the moderate bactericidal action but the aqueous extract showed that the bactericidal action only at higher concentration.
Bactericidal, Vitex nigundo, dermatophytes, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes
