ISSN 2756-326X
Advances in Agriculture and Agricultural Sciences ISSN 2381-3911 Vol. 6 (7), pp. 001-009, July, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Studies on antimicrobial activities of some selected ferns and lycophytes in Eastern India with special emphasis on ethno-medicinal uses
Asim Mandal and Amal Kumar Mondal*
Plant Taxonomy, Biosystematics and Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore-721 102, West Bengal, India.
Accepted 13 June, 2020
Abstract
In this research, the occurrences of antimicrobial activity of some ferns were studied. The present paper dealt with the antimicrobial activities of some ethno-medicinally important ferns which were very common in West Mednapore District, as well as South West Bengal, against gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial pathogens. The plants were extracted with different solvents (70% ethanol, methanol and acetone) and controlled by deionized water (DW). Our experiment revealed significant results like Dryopteris, which showed remarkable antimicrobial activities among all the selected ferns.
Key words: Antimicrobial activity, ferns, ethnomedicinal uses, Eastern India.