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Piper Betle leaves is used for traditional medicine

because of its many bio activities. This therapeutic


medicinal plants possess anticancer, anti-allergic, anti-
malaria, anti-filarial, antibacterial, antifungal,
antioxidant, anti-diabetic, anti-platelet, and wound
healing activity acccording to traditional usage and
modern researches. To get the healing abilities of the
piper betle leaves, researchers used different examples
of chemicalis. They’d extracted ethanolic extract that
potentially inhibits the virulence of Staphylococcus
aureus bacteria. According to the studies stated above,
researchers had found out that P. betle is not enough to
completely overcome the bacterium. The ethanolic extract
only possesses anti-oxidant ability not including
antimicrobial ability that is the main objective of the
studies. Recent studies showed failures on discovering
the ability of P. Betle alone to inhibit the growth of S.
aureus without adding any components.

It is said that Herbal Medicine is a botanical medicine or


phytomedicine that uses plant’s seeds, roots, leaves and
flowers for therapeutic medical purposes. The knowledge of
the ancient Chinese and Egyptians in using herbal plants
as medicine is being used by almost all people in this
world. In the early 19th century, scientists took place in
this field.
Turmeric or Curcuma longa possess antioxidant and anti-
inflammatory properties. It has been widely used as
spice, cosmetics, and medicine. It is also said that
curcuminoids is a primary active ingredient of Turmeric,
it is being used to color food and cosmetics. Turmeric
prevents or treats lung disease, brain disease, and a
variety of cancers. It also treat chronic anterior
uveitis, conjunctivitis, skin cancer, small pox, chicken
pox, wound healing, urinary tract infections, and liver
ailments.

Staphyloccocus is a pathogen that causes various types of


infection and is problematic due to its multidrug-
resistant trait. It is said that it produces armanent of
protein that protects it from oxidative but these
proteins can lead to difficulty in treatment to medical
fields. According to a study stated above human
myeloperoxidase is believed to enhance the killing of
staphyloccocus by human neutrophils. It is said that
piper betle ethatolic extract lessens the suppresive
effect induced by staphyloccocus aureus.It is also stated
above that one group of researchers in a University
conducted a research about the pimples at the human body
and after the incubation of the 20 swabs gathered, the
biochemical tests revealed that the isolates were
Coagulase positive, Catalase positive, Urease positive,
Citrate positive, and Methyl-red positive. Isolates were
identified as gram positive bacteria and sugar
fermentation was also conducted. The antibiotic
susceptibility test showed isolates were resistant to
Cotrimazole, Cloxacillin, Erythromycin, Gentamycin,
Augmentin, Streptomycin, Tetracycline, and
Chloramphenicol. After all the research and experiments
conducted they concluded that the isolates were
identified as Staphyloccocus aureus and other
staphylococci specie. Intake of antibiotics should be
mindful to prevent the development of the organisms
present in pimples.

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