STUDY OF ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS ALONG WITH ANTIBIOTICS

Dr. Sao Shweta*

ABSTRACT

Cassia occidentalis is an ayurvedic plant with huge medicinal importance. The microbial strains 2-bacterial & 1-fungal were used for detection of antimicrobial activity for Cassia occidentalis. Well diffusion and disc diffusion methods with the leaves extracts of Cassia occidentalis is having ability of antimicrobial activity so, it can further used as an antibiotics to treat diseases caused by bacteria and fungi. These work shows that it can used against E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans. For bacteria ciprofloxacin tablets and for fungus co-trimoxazole tablets were as a antibiotics against microorganisms and the leaves extracts of plant were used as a medicine. Now a day’s increasing the demands of natural and herbal products because of its safeness and effectiveness. production of antibiotics by using plant leaf shown very effective result against microbe. The extracts of Cassia occidentalis is possible source of effective herbal medicine to treat microbial infection caused by microorganisms.

Keywords: Cassia occidentalis, medicinal importance, antibiotics.