Antimicrobial activity of Lantana camara L.

Abstract

The antimicrobial activity of crude Methanolic and acetone extracts of Lantana camara, a traditional medicinal plant was determined against thirteen test bacteria and eight test fungal strains. Both the solvent extracted extracts inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus to the maximum. The fungitoxic spectrum of the test plant’s leaf & stem extracts indicated maximum percentage growth inhibition at 1000µgml^-1 concentration against Alternaria alternata. Thus, phytochemicals from L. camara have a broad antimicrobial spectrum and might be a novel source of antimicrobial drugs.