Antimicrobial Activity of Ficus Religiosa Against Some Pathogenic Microorganisms

Abstract

In the present study, we have chosen Ficus religiosa as herbal medicine to determine their antimicrobial property. Evidently, there are most efficient studies that confirm the antimicrobial property of this plant. This study looks into the in vitro antimicrobial activity of the plant for different solvent extracts against some gram positive and gram negative pathogenic microorganisms that causes most common cases of infectious diseases. Aqueous and ethanolic extracts of F. religiosa leaves showed antibacterial effect against Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella paratyphi, Shigella dysenteriae, S. typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtillis, Escherichia coli, S. typhi. The extracts of F. religiosa were also found to be active against Aspergillus niger and Penicillium notatum.