In vitro screenings of wild medicinal plants are quite important for their antibacterial properties against some clinically isolated pathogens as an alternative source of antimicrobial agents. Thus their antibacterial activity may opens the possibility of finding new clinically effective antibacterial substances as a drug, as an alternative way of use of natural products instead of antibiotics and therefore, decreasing the drug resistance. In many situations, use of antibiotics was banned. In such cases, use of medicinal plants with potent antimicrobial property could be an alternative source of medicine.
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Dr. Pradyut Biswas
The author Dr. Pradyut Biswas is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Botany, Asutosh College, Kolkata, India. Prior to his present position, He was an Assistant Professor in the departmeny of Botany, Netaji Mahavidyalay, West Bengal. He obtained his PhD from Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. His research specialty and interests includes ethnomedicine, drug development and alternative medicine. Besides he is working on reproductive and pollination biology of angiosperms. He has authored many books and chapters in books. He has published many research papers in different reputed National and International journals and successfully completed two research projects funded by the Government of India. This book is the outcome of one of the research projects.
