@article{Murad_Alam_Mazumdar_Islam_Nipa_Iqbal_Bhuiyan_2010, title={Anti-bacterial Activity of the Extract of <i>Terminalia arjuna</i> Against Multi Antibiotic Resistant <i>Vibrio cholerae</i>}, volume={3}, url={https://banglajol.info/index.php/JSR/article/view/6094}, DOI={10.3329/jsr.v3i1.6094}, abstractNote={&lt;p&gt;Morbidity and mortality due to diarrhoea continues to be a major problem in many developing countries. Water samples from different areas of Chittagong were collected and 22 &lt;em&gt;Vibrio cholerae&lt;/em&gt; were isolated from the samples. In this experiment we found that 85% of the &lt;em&gt;Vibrio cholerae&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; isolated&amp;nbsp; can grow at 6% NaCl whereas none of these&amp;nbsp; can survive at 8% NaCl. Most of the isolates were resistant to at least 2 antibiotics. 95.45% were resistant to ampicillin, 50% to erythromycin, 63.63% to nalidixic acid, 13.63% to cephotaxine, 13.63% to ceftriaxone and 27.27% to cotrimoxazol. Arjun bark extract was used as a biological tool to resolve the antibiotic resistant &lt;em&gt;V. cholerae&lt;/em&gt; problem. Arjun extract inhibited the growth of &lt;em&gt;V. cholerae&lt;/em&gt; at all concentrations and zone diameter increased with the increase of concentrations. The regression coefficient of the relationship between concentration and zone diameter varies from 0.75 to 0.984 for most of the isolates which indicates that there exists a linear relationship. This study revealed that &lt;em&gt;Terminalia arjuna&lt;/em&gt; would be a good antibacterial drug in the treatment of &lt;em&gt;Vibrio cholerae &lt;/em&gt;infections, provided if found effective and nontoxic through &lt;em&gt;in vivo &lt;/em&gt;studies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Keywords:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vibrio cholerae&lt;/em&gt;; &lt;em&gt;Terminalia arjuna&lt;/em&gt;;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;Antimicrobial; Drug resistance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;copy; 2011 JSR Publications. ISSN: 2070-0237 (Print); 2070-0245 (Online). All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;doi:10.3329/jsr.v3i1.6094&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; J. Sci. Res. &lt;strong&gt;3&lt;/strong&gt; (1), 129-137 (2011)&lt;/p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Scientific Research}, author={Murad, F. and Alam, K. A. and Mazumdar, R. M. and Islam, S. and Nipa, M. N. and Iqbal, A. and Bhuiyan, H. R.}, year={2010}, month={Dec.}, pages={129} }