Evaluation of Some Medicinal Plants as an Antimicrobial Agent for Drinking Water Treatment

Plants are the richest resource of drugs of traditional systems of medicine, modern medicines, nutraceuticals, food supplements, folk medicines, pharmaceutical intermediates and chemical entities for synthetic drugs. The use of plants and plant products as medicines could be traced as far back as the beginning of human civilization. In the present Study, Evaluation of Medicinal Plants Ocimum tenuiflorum (Tulsi), Syzygium aromaticum (Clove), Azadirachta indica (Neem) and Aloe vera (Aloe) was tested for drinking water treatment. Various doses of different selected medicinal plants powder were given on water sample and tested for antimicrobial capacity against the water borne pathogens. Syzygium aromaticum powder was found to be effective against human pathogenic bacteria like S. typhi and E. coli. Also, other selected medicinal plants show best results for drinking water treatment.