COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF AYURVEDIC SEEDS IN WASTEWATER FILTRATION

Waterborne diseases such as Hepatovirus, Vibrio Cholera, Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Escherichia coli pose significant public and individual health challenges in underdeveloped areas lacking access to safe and clean drinking water, as mentioned in the UN Sutainable Develepment Goal Number 6, which highlights the need for sustainable and cheap water purification methods. This experiment tested the antimicrobial properties of the following ayurvedic (i) Strychnos Potatorum, (ii)Moringa Oleifera,(iii) Salvia hispanica,(IV) Foeniculum vulgare Mill, by taking stable concentrations of each seed extract and testing them against dirty water samples collected from polluted water sources. Water samples have been mixed with definite concentrations of extract, spread under agar, and then incubated for 24 hours to identify bacterial inhibition zones. After 24 hours of incubation, a Manual colony counter LMCC-A11 was used to identify major countable colonies. The sample of Strynchnos Potatorum showed the greatest bacterial inhibition, followed by Foeniculum Vulgare Mill, Slavia Hispanica, and Moringa Oleifera. Compared to dirty water, the seeds inhibited what was nearly 500-700 colonies of bacteria that could have been present in the samples.With the results above, seeds, ayurveda sample Strynchnos Potatorum, showed the most antimicrobial activity against the various bacteria and harmful compositions present in dirty water, representing its strong potential in being able to filter microbes in water to greater extents. This investigation addresses the importance of sustainable and cheaper methods of water filtration by diving into the antimicrobial aspects of various plant extracts against contaminated water, highlighting its replaceability with traditional filtration methods