Activity of Medicinal Plant Extracts on Multiplication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis under Reduced Oxygen Conditions Using Intracellular and Axenic Assays

Table 1

Selection criteria for plants and their percentage yield.

Sr. number	Botanical name (Herbarium number)	Acronym	Common name	Area of collection	Parts used	Selection criteria	Percent yield^#
							Acetone	Ethanol	Aqueous
1	Acorus calamus Linn.; (BSI-131716)	AC	Sweet flag	Shindewadi, Satara district, Maharashtra, India	Rhizome	Antibacterial, immune-modulatory	10	7.04	10.8
2	Ocimum sanctum; Linn. (BSI-131712)	OS	Indian tulsi	Shindewadi, Satara district, Maharashtra, India	Leaves	Immune-modulatory	6.0	3.62	24.0
3	Piper nigrum Linn.; (BSI-131714)	PN	Black pepper	Kottayam, Kerala, India	Seed	Antibacterial	3.16	6.64	22.64
4	Pueraria tuberosa DC. (NGCPR-670)	PT	Indian kudzu	Mulshi, Pune district, Maharashtra, India	Rhizome	Immune-modulatory	6.72	5.92	22.83

The plants were selected for the present study based on their biological activities mentioned under the column “selection criteria.”
^#Percentage yield w/w after sequential extraction using acetone, ethanol, and aqueous extracts.