ANTI-BACTERIAL EFFICACY OF BEE POLLEN SAMPLES COLLECTEDFROM CHANDIGARH (U.T.) DURING SPRING SEASONSunaina Jaswal and Dalip KumarAbstract The study was conducted in Chandigarh during spring season to find the potentiality of flora with highanti- bacterial efficacy. Mainly four bacterial strains [Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MTCC 2453), Klebsiellapneumoniae (MTCC 109), Streptococcus pneumoniae (MTCC 655) and Salmonella typhimurium (MTCC 3231)]were selected for the study. First pollen aqueous extract (PAE) of different concentrations (20%, 40%, 60%and 80%) were prepared, then disc diffusion method was used to check the anti- bacterial efficacy.Pseudomonas aeruginosa was highly inhibited by bee pollen of sub- divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4.Sub- division 3 and4 also has higher action against Salmonella typhimurium. Sub- division 5 has higher efficacy against Klebsiellapneumoniae. The study throws light on their therapeutic use of bee pollen. |