Microbicidal Potential of Essential Oil of Curcuma haritha Mangaly and Sabu

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https://doi.org/10.18311/jnr/2003/165

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Curcuma haritha, Essential Oil, Antimicrobial Activity.
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Abstract

Objective: Detection of antimicrobial activity of Curcuma haritha essential oil. Materials and methods: Essential oil was separated from Curcuma haritha by hydrodistillation. Antimicrobial activity of this oil was tested against six fungi and four bacteria by using filterpaper disk diffusion method. Results: The growth of almost all microorganisms were inhibited by the activity of the essential oil. Conclusion: The essential oil of C. haritha can be used to develop commercial herbal microbicides.

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Published

2003-06-01

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Umesh, B. T., Sreeranjini, K., Leeja, L., Sandhya, K. K., Betty, K. P., & Thoppil, J. E. (2003). Microbicidal Potential of Essential Oil of <I>Curcuma haritha</I> Mangaly and Sabu. Journal of Natural Remedies, 3(2), 199–201. https://doi.org/10.18311/jnr/2003/165

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Short Communication