Abstract

IN VITRO ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF MUSTADI YOG

Ingole Suraj Nivrattirao* and Upadhyay P.S.

Abstract

In the present study the attempt was made to evaluate antibacterial properties of the Mustadi Yog which contains Musta, Pippali, Ativisha, Karkatshringi and Vasa. All these drugs have been described to have anti-cough properties and anti-microbial properties in different texts. The least extract concentration which inhibited the growth of the test organisms was taken as Minimum Iinhibitory Concentration (MIC). Among all the test organisms, Proteus Spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were highly sensitive with alcoholic extracts of all the drugs while Staphylococcus aureus was highly sensitive with alcoholic extract of Musta, Pippali, Ativisha, Karkatshringi and Vasa. Salmonella Typhi was sensitive to only Musta and Pippali.

Keywords: Musta, Pippali, Ativisha, Karkatshringi and Vasa.