THE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ETHANOL EXTRACT OF VITEX AGNUS CASTUS
Keywords:
Vitex agnus castus, Antimicrobial activity, Chloramphenicol, Microrganisms
Abstract
The ethanol extract of Vitex agnus castus was conducted to investigate the antimicrobial activity by agar well diffusion assay against Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcuc intermedius, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus pumilus Echrichia coli, Proteus mirabilis and Candida albican. Antimicrobial activity was evaluated at 100, 50, 25and 10mg/ml concentration of ethanol extract.
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