World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

EVALUATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIALS OF CLITORIA TERNATEA AND HIBISCUS ROSA SINESIS FLOWER EXTRACTS AGAINST ORAL MICRO ORGANISMS

Divya Shree A. J.*, Shreya Prasad, Ramya R. and Ravichandra V. D.

ABSTRACT

The plants in ancient times, in the past decades played an important role in human life and health. Research conducted on plants as source of treatment for in curable diseases has resulted in a huge demand for medicinal plants. And have found and reported that plants have been considered as one of the most sought after sources for the discovery of antimicrobial agent. With modern advancement of Ayurvedic tradition and its scientific exploration have studied plants in order to evaluate their therapeutic potentials and to isolate the lead compounds. The mouth and oral cavity is house of over 700 species of bacteria. Phytochemical screening and chemical tests identify new sources of therapeutic and industrial importance. Clitoria ternatea and Hibiscus rosa sinesis has been reported to have anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, immunoinhibitory activities. The purpose of this study was to screen for solvent extracts of Clitoria ternatea and Hibiscus rosa sinesis, flowers extract for antimicrobial activity. Testing was done of oral microorganism using agar well diffusion and disc diffusion then zone of inhibition was measured.

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