Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 9 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 44-48
Anti-Bacterial Activity of Homoeopathic Medicine Sulphanilamide against Staphylococcus epidermidis in-vitro
Tanmay Sarkar1, Pashmin Kaur Anand2, Arun Bhargav Jadhav3, Bipinraj Nirichan Kunchiraman4, Chetan Hanamantrao Shinde5
1Post Graduate Scholar, 5Associate Professor,
Department of Homoeopathic Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Katraj-Dhankawadi, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
2Research Scholar, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Interactive Research School for Health Affairs, Katraj - Dhankawadi, Pune, India.
3Principal, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Katraj- Dhankawadi, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
4Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Katraj-Dhankawadi, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Corresponding Author: Tanmay Sarkar
ABSTRACT
Recently nosocomial infections by Staphylococcus epidermidis have gained much attention. S. epidermidis was invariably present on the skin and generally known as an opportunistic pathogen. It also causes endocarditis, cystitis, any defective valvular heart diseases and hospital born sepsis. Most commonly occurs on intravenous catheterisation and on medical prosthesis. This study was aimed to screen the ability of different potencies of Homoeopathic Medicine Sulphanilamide to inhibit S. epidermidis. Different potencies of Sulphanilamide 6C, 12C, 30C, 200C, 1M were screened for antimicrobial potential by Agar well diffusion method against S. epidermidis. Where12C potency showed 0.7cm and in 30C potency showed 0.8cm inhibition zone. Whereas Sulphanilamide 30C is found to be the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, bactericidal activity showed higher amount of dead cells present in the death phase.
Key words: Anti-bacterial, in-vitro, Homoeopathic Medicines, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Sulphanilamide.