Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences (SJLS)
Volume-3 | Issue-01 | 1-4
Original Research Article
In vitro Antibacterial Activity of Acalyphin Compound Isolated from Leaves of Acalypha indica Against Human Pathogenic Bacteria
Swapna Gurrapu, Estari Mamidala
Published : Jan. 30, 2018
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the antibacterial properties
of Acalypha indica. Number of resistant antibiotics is increasing and antibacterial
activity testing is one of the steps to find treatment of diseases. Acalypha indica is
well known medicinal plant and it is a wild plant. It was used as infection treatment
for generation to treat several diseases such as asthma, and pneumonia.The
susceptibility of five human pathogenic bacterial species to Acalyphin isolated from
the leaves of Acalypha indica plant was screened using the agar well diffusion and
broth micro-dilution assay. The purity of Acalyphin isolated was checked by TLC
and column chromatography and total Acalyphin were quantified. In the present
study, the inhibitory action of the Acalyphin was found to increase with an increase
in concentration against all bacterial strains. The maximum zone of inhibition was
observed at the concentration of 500 µg/ml against all the bacteria. In this study, the
S. aureus and E. coli are the more susceptible than the other selected human
pathogenic bacteria. From the above investigation the experimental Acalypha indica
plant may solve the multidrug resistant bacteria problem and further higher studies is
need for qualitative study for the present investigation.