Antibacterial potentiality of Mesua ferrea Linn. flowers.
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The antibacterial efficacy of the methanol extract of whole flowers of Mesua ferrea Linn. was studied against various strains of bacteria. It could inhibit a large number of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria at concentration ranges of 100 to 50 microg/ml, or even lower, as against vibrios and Escherichia coli. In in vivo tests, used at concentrations of 100 and 200 microg/g of body weight, it offered significant protection to Swiss strain of albino mice when challenged with 50 MLD of a virulent strain Sulmonella typhimurium ATCC 6539. Mortality in mice due to these two dosages of the extract alone was insignificant. The extract at 200 microg/g body weight dosage, could significantly reduce the viable count of the strain Sulmonella typhimurium ATCC 6539 in liver, spleen and heart blood of the extract treated challenged mice.