Determination of Antimicrobial Analysis of Some Selected Ayurvedic and Unani Medicines

Abstract

The objective of present study was to observe biological activities and comparison of the isolated ayurvedic and unani medicine. All of the ayurvedic medicines were more effective antimicrobial agents than unani medicine against all of the tested organisms in in vitro culture condition. Mustakarista showed highest zone of inhibition against Staphylococcus sp. in concentration at neat and 1:2. Highest MIC was found in Amritarista against Mycobacterium sp. and highest MBC were observed against Staphylococcus sp.; in Mustakarishta, highest MIC against Klebsiella sp. and highest MBC was observed against Mycobacterium sp.; in Ashokarista, highest MIC against Vibrio cholera and highest MBC was observed against Staphylococcus sp.; in Amalaki Rasayan, highest MIC against Salmonella sp. and highest MBC were observed against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus sp. and Bacillus subtilis. Combined effect of test product against selected microbes showed satisfactory results against all the selected microbes. All ayurvedic medicines have nearly twice the antimicrobial activity of unani medicine, whereas most commercial antibiotics have only a minor response against all tested organisms.