Comparative Account of Antimicrobial Activities of Leaf and Leaf Callus Extracts of Psoralea corylifolia L.

Antimicrobial activity of leaf and leaf callus extract of Psoralea corylifolia was studied using different solvent like chloroform, acetone, ethanol and water against two-gram (+) ve and two-gram (+) ve bacterial strains like Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and fungal strains Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum. The antimicrobial activity was determined by disc diffusion method. Out of the four-extract used, acetone and ethanol extracts were found to be highly active in both leaf and leaf extracts. It is also found that the zone of inhibition was much higher in callus extracts, when compared to that of leaf extracts. Keywords: Psoralea corylifolia, callus extract, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli