PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CLITOREA TERNATEA LINN AGAINST EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTERIC AND URINARY PATHOGENS

摘要

The in vitro antimicrobial activity of various extracts of Clitorea ternatea. Linn flower was screened against some ESBL producing enteric and urinary pathogens isolated from patients. The antimicrobial activity was carried out by disc diffusion method and minimum inhibitory concentration by two-fold serial dilution method. Aqueous, methanol and chloroform extracts exhibited activity against uropathogenic E.coli, Enteropathogenic E.coli, Enterotoxigenic E.coli, typhimurium, Klesiella pneumoniae and pseudomonas aureginosa. Petroleum ether and hexane extracts did not exhibit any activity. Antibacterial activity was compared with standard antibiotics.