The antibacterial activity of C. odollam extract was studied against
Staphylococcussaprophyticus, Shigella sonnie, Salmonella typhi, Vibrio cholera, Streptococcus
epidermidis,Shigella flexneri and Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates. All bacterial strains
were kindly provided by IMTECH, Chandigarh (India). Cultures of these bacteria were grown in
a nutrient broth at 37 °C and maintained on nutrient agar (Himedia, India) slants at 40 °C. The
antibacterial property was studied by the disc diffusion method [13] using extract 200 mg/disc.
Control disks contained solvents only (50% aqueous ethanol). Gentamycin was used as positive
controls. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was evaluated by the micro dilution method
using 5 mL of liquid broth with different concentrations of extrac