Inhibition of the emergence of multi drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Withania somnifera root extracts

Abstract

The major active principles responsible for the antibacterial efficacy were mainly present in methanol (MeOH)extract and ethanol (EtOH) extracts as well as in butanol (BuOH) extract fraction. Amongst all the extracts the BuOH fraction was found to be most active against all the isolates but aqueous extract was the least active one. Finally it may be concluded that the antimicrobials from W. somnifera may raise an alternative therapy for MDR staphylococcal infections in near future.