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IN VITRO INHIBITION POTENTIAL OF FOUR CHENOPOD HALOPHYTES AGAINST MICROBIAL GROWTH

SAMIULLAH¹ AND ASGHARI BANO¹*

Abstract: The present investigation deals with antibacterial and antifungal activities of four selected halophytes belonging to family Chenopodiaceae. Crude methanolic extracts from leaves of Suaeda fruticosa Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel., Atriplex leucoclada Boiss., Haloxylon salicornicum (Moq.) Bunge ex Boiss., and Salicornica virginica L. were used in two concentrations (100 mg/ml and 75 mg/ml) against four bacterial (Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6059, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 7221 and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538) and two fungal strains (Candida tropicalis and Candida albicans). These halophytes were collected from District Mardan. Plant extracts were less effective against selected bacterial and fungal strains in comparison to chloramphenicol and terbinafine. Extracts from Haloxylon salicornicum and Salicornica virginica showed less activity against bacterial and fungal species than extracts from Suaeda fruticosa and Atriplex leucoclada.

¹Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.

*Corresponding author: asgharibano@yahoo.com; Phone No: + 92-05190643096