A Review: Antibacterial Activity of Ashwagandha

Abstract

The use of plants in the treatment of burns, ringworm and infecting diseases is common in traditional medicine. The development of new anti-microbial agents against opposing germs increases interest. Therefore, methanolic extracts from various parts of the four medicinal plants used locally in traditional medicine were tested for anti-bacterial task. It was found that numerous of the plants extracted from the plants studied had anti-bacterial and antifungal properties. Methanolic extracts of the plant Azadiracta indica, Acacia nilotica and Witania somnifera have shown significant anti-bacterial task against Bacillus subtilis, Escherchia coli, stphaylocuccus aureus and pseudomonas fluorescence. Azadiracta indica and A.tinolica have shown significant antifungal task against A. flavus, Ziziphus mauritiana. The rhizome extract of curcuma longa showed significant task against all tested bacteria and showed high fungal task against Fusarium verticillioides.