Artocarpus lakoocha

The Lakoocha (Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb) is less known minor fruit and it is native to India especially humid sub-Himalayan region. This fruit is also called as Monkey jack in India, Cham or Dewaphol in Tripura and Barhal fruit in Bengal. These fruit are consumed in different form by various ethnic groups. Tripura have many underutilized fruits that are popular among people due to their diversified use and have remained wild or semi domesticated due to lack of research support.

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Antimicrobial activity of ethanolic and methanolic extract of Artocarpus lakoocha Wall. ex Roxb. bark were evaluated against five oral inhabiting bacteria i.e., Escherichia coli (ATCC 8739), Streptococcus mutans (ATCC 25175), Streptococcus sanguinis (ATCC 10556), Porphyromonas gingivalis (ATCC 33277) and Fusobacterium nucleatum (ATCC 25586) at different concentration by using agar well diffusion method. The test extract was found to be bacteriostatic in action, thus can be used as a source of antibiotic substances for drug development and in the control of these bacterial infections.

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Microorganisms play a crucial role in living organisms. Some microorganisms are beneficial for us some are pathogenic. The aim of the study is to evaluate the activity of the fruits of Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb. against certain pathogenic microbial strains. Petroleum ether, chloroform and methanol extract of these fruits were used by disk diffusion method on Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, Bacillus cereus, Salmonella paratyphi and two fungal strains. All the fruit extracts showed the antimicrobial activity against all the microorganisms.

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