Warner School of Food and Dairy Technology, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology & Science (Deemed to be University), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh-211007
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Online published on 30 November, 2016.
Medicinal herbs have bioactive compounds which are used for curing of various human diseases and also play an important role in healing. The present study involved extraction andantimicrobial activity in herbal yoghurt prepared by of eight different medicinalherbs i.e. Saussurea lappa, Cichorium Intybus Linn, Inula racemosa Hook. F, Taraxacum officinale, Anacardium occidentale Linn, Asparagus officinalis Linn, Helianthus annuus Linn, and Anacycluspyrethrum DC. The extract of herbs used herbal yoghurt were usedfor the antimicrobial activity to find out microbial constituents in the selected medicinal herbs. The result of the antimicrobial activity showed increase the herbal extract concentration then increase antimicrobial activity in herbal yoghurt prepared by selected medicinal herbs.
Antimicrobial, herbal extrect, herbal yoghurt, probiotic culture