A REPORT ON PRELIMINARY ASSESMENT OF PHYTOCHEMICAL & ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECT OF Citrus maxima PLANT LEAVES
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2010-04
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Chattogram Veterinary & Animal |Sciences University
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The study was carried for the preliminary assessment of phytochemical screening of ethanol extract and antibacterial effect of Citrus maxima plant .The extract tested against ten pathogenic bacteria and exhibits prominent antibacterial activity against Stayphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus ,Bacillus subtilis. Staphylococcus aureus found highest zone of inhibition (10 mm) with the concentration 20 micro gm /agar disc.The phytochemical screening confirmed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids
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Antibacterial, ethanol extract, phytochemical