Antibacterial activity of different parts of Pongamia glabra (Pungu)

Abstract

Different parts of Pongamia pinnata (glabra) are used to treat various kinds of skin diseases by the traditional doctors such as healing wounds, eczema and other skin diseases. This study was carried out to see the effect of extracts of young leaves, roots and stem bark on four different bacteria by the agar diffusion method. The leave extract showed good effect against Bacillus than Klebsiella. The root juice gave less inhibition effect than stem bark in Klebsiella. But both stem bark extract and root juice gave similar effects against Bacillus. Leaf extract has very good antimicrobial effect against both Bacillus and Klebsiella. The effect of leaf extract against Bacillus is significantly higher than Klebsiella (p<0.05).