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Estimation of antibacterial activity of ethanolic of Clitoria ternatea against St.mutans and E. Faecalis – an invitro study

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Tahoora Taskeen L, Dr. Ramesh R, Dr. Rajeshkumar S

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Clitoria ternatea known as butterfly pea. It is an herbaceous perennial with oval, acute leaves. In neutral, moist soil, it thrives as a vine or creeper. The flowers of this plant are a remarkable deep blue hue, solitary, and marked with light yellow.1 It is planted as a low-maintenance decorative plant and as a species for revegetation This plant is used to enhance soil quality by decomposing nitrogen-rich plant matter because, being a legume, its roots develop a symbiotic interaction with soil bacteria called rhizobia, which convert atmospheric N2 into a plant-usable form. The bioactive chemicals found in plant extracts, such as polyphenols and carotenoids, which have antioxidant and antibacterial activity, particularly against low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and deoxyribonucleic acid, are now playing a larger role as food additives (DNA).2,3 In medicine, the antimicrobial resistance is increasing leading to failure of allopathic medication given for certain treatment because of which the individuals are forced to choose herbal medications. In current study the usage of ethanolic extract of Ternateawaschosen as ethanol separates oil from plant extract giving bulk availability of extract and dissolves most non polar and polar compounds. Qualitatively and quantitatively, the methanol extract of the leaf contains enough phenol, carbohydrates, tannins, flavonoids and terpenoids. Agar well diffusion assay and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) were used to investigate the zone of inhibition measurements based on the methanol extract of C. ternatea leaves for bacterial treatment.

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