Abstract
AbstractIn an era of nutraceuticular research, ‘Noni’ fruit is considered as a panacea because of the profound claim on its medicinal uses in treating many diseases inclusive of infections of microbial origin. Hence, the present study was done to know the antibacterial activity of aqueous extracts from ripe and unripe fruits of ‘Noni’ Morinda citrifolia L on gastroenteritic and pyogenic bacteria. The study was done for eight gastroenteritic bacteria and six pyogenic bacteria. The estimation of antibacterial activity of the ripe fruit & unripe fruit extract were carried out by serial two fold tube dilution techniques. Minimum Bactericidal Concentration of the ripe as well as unripe fruit extracts for the susceptible bacteria were estimated by Recovery plate method. Both the Unripe and ripe fruit extracts exhibited nearly equal and effective activity. As the unripe fruit is devoid of unpleasant odour, the unripe fruit is preferable over the ripe fruit extract
Highlights
Introduction on Morinda citrifolia “Let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food” was the advice of the father of medicine, Hippocrates, over two millennia ago.[10]
The Seitz filtered aqueous extract from unripe fruit of „Noni‟ exhibited complete inhibitory activity on test bacteria and the MBC value are shown in Table-1.The Seitz filtered aqueous extract from ripe fruit of „Noni‟ exhibited complete inhibitory activity on test bacteria and the MBC values for the bacteria are shown in Table-2
As the lawn culture made from the broth of MIC tube did not show any growth of not even a bacterial colony even after 7 days of incubation while positive culture broth showed growth of bacterial colonies, it could be pursumed that the MIC value can be considered as MBC value of the Seitz filtered extract for the gastroenteritic and pyogenic bacteria
Summary
Introduction on Morinda citrifolia “Let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food” was the advice of the father of medicine, Hippocrates, over two millennia ago.[10] Herbal and Natural products of folk medicine have been used for centuries in every culture throughout the world. Morinda citrifolia is one of the traditional folk medicinal plants for over 2000 year in Polynesia. The popular name of Morinda citrifolia, are great morinda, Indian mulberry, „Mengkudu‟ (Malaysia), beach mulberry, Tahitian noni, cheese fruit or „Noni‟ (from Hawaiian) is a tree species of well known coffee family, Rubiaceae. It has been reported to have a broad range of therapeutic and nutritional value. It has been reported to have a broad range of therapeutic and nutitional value.[10]
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