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VOL. 6, ISSUE 2 (2021)
Assessment microbial profile of hands using herbal hand sanitizer: A case study of a stet college (Autonomous), Mannargudi
Authors
Akila S, Uma Maheshwari N
Abstract
Human hand usually harbour microbes both as part of body normal flora as well as transient microbes acquired from om the environment one common way by which transient organism of hand. Herbal hand sanitizer was prepared and formulated by using herbs like Tulsi (0.3%),Turmeric(0.2%), Ginger(0.02%), Lemon(0.01%) and mint(0.01%). A total 36 samples of hand swabs were collected from different department of STET campus. Before and after using herbal hand sanitizer isolated bacterial species wereBacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeroginosaand fungal species such as Candida albicans, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Number of organism was reduced after using herbal hand sanitizer. Antimicrobial studies was carried with predominant organism isolated after hand sanitizing. Using commercial herb oil such s Eucalyptus oil, Clove oil, Cinnamon oil and Peppermint oil. Among these Peppermint oil showed effective control on Bacillus subtilis(40±2.0),Staphylococcus aureus (36±1.4), Pseudomonas aeroginosa (30±1.7) and fungal species such as Candida albicans(31±1.6), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (25±1.8) by using disc diffusion method. It is concluded that the herbal hand sanitizer has antimicrobial activity particularly against the Bacillus subtilis. Further study is planned to formulate the herbal hand sanitizer along with commercial herb oil.
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Pages:610-614
How to cite this article:
Akila S, Uma Maheshwari N "Assessment microbial profile of hands using herbal hand sanitizer: A case study of a stet college (Autonomous), Mannargudi ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 610-614
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