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ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CINNAMOMUM CASSIA AGAINST DIVERSE MICROBIAL FLORA WITH ITS NUTRITIONAL AND MEDICINAL IMPACTS NAZIA MASOOD AHMED CHAUDHRY AND PERWEEN TARIQ
Abstract: Using standard disk diffusion method the antibacterial activity of
aqueous infusion, decoction and essential oil of Cinnamomum cassia
(Cinnamon bark) were investigated against 178 bacterial strains belonging
to 12 different genera of bacterial population isolated from oral cavity
of 250 specimens of apparently healthy individuals aged between 2-85
years. Overall, the oil of Cinnamomum cassia inhibited all type
of tested bacterial strains except Salmonella para typhi B exhibiting
99.4% antibacterial effect as compared to aqueous decoction (70.2%)
and aqueous infusion (52.2%). Department of Microbiology,University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. |
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