Abstract

ANTIFUNGAL & ANTIMICROBIAL USE OF ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA LAMK. LEAF

Meenakshi Vaidya* and Hitesh Shingadia

Abstract

The herbal products today, symbolize safety in contrast to the synthetic drugs that are regarded as as unsafe to humans and environment. Of the 2,50,000 higher plant species on the earth, more than 80,000 species are medicinal. Among ancient civilizations India has been known to be a rich depository of medicinal plants. India is one of the world’s 12 biodiversity centres with the presence of over 45,000 different plant species. Anti-microbial & anti-fungal studies of crude drug plays a very important role in identification of purity drugs. The plant Zizyphus is commonly called as Chinese date or Indian cherry or Ber belonging to the family Rhamnaceae. The present study shows anti-microbial & anti-fungal activity using Bacillus cereus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Aspergillus niger & Candida albicans. The activity was observed by the agar cup method using standard strains.

Keywords: Anti-microbial, anti-fungal Bacillus cereus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, Zizyphus jujuba.