Microbes removal from plants which are used in Tamil tradition - a review
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The antibacterial activity of plants have been screened because of their great medicinal relevance with the recent years, infections have increased to a great extent and resistant against antibiotics, becomes an ever increasing therapeutic problem. Tamil culture defined to removal of microorganism from the human body by applications of plant sources daily or occasionally. These good habits of Tamilians proved by scientifically by many researches. In this manner, Tamilians created life time achievements in daily routine auspicious functions such as; child birth, trans head, holding earing, puberty celebration, wedding, baby shower, death and ritual to died person, etc. all these stages doing with natural products which available in nature and believe with transforming generation to generation. In this view, following listed plants which used as antimicrobial activities in laboratory studies now. Selected plants which widely used in tamil culture such as; Turmaric – manjal, Neem – vembu, Duruva grass - Arugam pul, Dharba pul – therpai pul, Banan leaf – vazhai ilia, Mango leaf – maa ilia, and Betel – vettilai.
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